Drones are one of the new technologies that analysts cite as a new game changing technology. One author in a premier publication offered typical hand wringing rhetoric about playing a …
As one of the leading military historians and the author of the book “Carnage and Culture“ (that sparked my interest in a career in military history), I was rather disappointed …
Another day brings another doomsday prophecy about the future of the military. This time it was in The New York Times where columnist Bret Stephens argued that the military is …
Last year the migrant caravans made the news, in some cases for supposedly being fictional. At that time I wrote about the historical People’s Crusade that marched towards Byzantium. The …
The government shutdown over the weekend dominated the news, but the long-term implications are unclear. The soldiers are justifiably upset that they defend the country unpaid while politicians can’t seem …
Last week I wrote about the People’s Crusade that marched towards Byzantium. The sources described the dangers of a large caravan like that in the following language: “The People’s Crusade …
Seventy-four years ago on August 1, Polish resistance fighters rose up against their Nazi invaders in the capital of Warsaw. What followed was 63 days of heavy fighting as German …
