The military has always been a “social experiment” The United States Army has a long and complicated history surrounding inclusiveness and diversity. Be it race,…
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A Quick Look at the Historiography Concomitant with the idea of a “Western Way of War” is the quest for decisive battle. Throughout much of…
Between 1905 and 1914, the various powers in Europe and the United States developed air power at a much different rate. During this period, the…
Few historians have as monumental of an impact on the field as Edward M. Coffman. Throughout his career, he has broken new ground in military…
Douhet, Mitchell, and Trenchard Oh My! Following the First World War, a trio of airpower theorists asserted the primacy of airpower and its ability to…
Just what everyone needs, another Memorial Day diatribe… What is memorial day? A chance to remember? An opportunity to remind others of the sacrifices of…
His Life and Legacy — More Myth than Reality? Augustus was instrumental in creating the Rome we know today and despite Tacitus’ feelings otherwise, the…
The Monroe Doctrine was Alive and Well The United States and Latin America have had tumultuous relationships since each won independence in the late 18th…
If strategy is a calculated relationship between ends, ways, and means, then during the Cold War, American strategic ends — containment of the Soviet Union…
Economics is the Sine Qua Non of Waging War In their three-volume Military Effectiveness set, Allan R. Millett and Williamson Murray argue that political effectiveness involves a…