Why Does America Remember Pearl Harbor?
Why do Americans memorialize Pearl Harbor? The easy answer is that we honor the bravery and...
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Commentary & Analysis
The World War II Capabilities We Need for Today’s Urban Battlefield
A key message of this site is that contemporary armies are unprepared for the challenges of...
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The Power of Op-Eds: How to Inform and Influence
The following is an excerpt from the book Why I Write: Craft Essays on Writing War, scheduled to...
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The American Polar Pivot: Great-Power Competition at the Ends of the Earth
Editor’s note: In this article for Marine Corps University Journal, MWI Non-Resident Fellows Dr....
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It’s Thanksgiving, and You Know What? I’m Thankful for the Army.
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in 2018. Several years ago, in...
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Don’t Ask for Directions, Ask for a Map
A few years ago, I was driving in a rental car from one base to another in Germany with the...
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Deterrence, Fast and Slow
Two centuries ago, Napoleon embodied warfare’s changing character. This conqueror of Europe took...
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“Because We’ve Always Done it That Way” is Actually a Pretty Good Reason
Picture it: you’re being asked to perform a task or fill a role—something simple, but on which a...
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