War
Just Killers, Moral Injuries
In 1915, six months after the outbreak of World War I, Sigmund Freud offered this less than prescient comment: When the ...
Getting Behind Hybrid Warfare
When ISIS stampeded its way across western Iraq, some observers described it as a new kind of “hybrid war.” Ditto ...
Are Manned or Unmanned Aircraft Better on the Battlefield?
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly referred to as “drones,” (also known as RPAs or UCAVs) have become an increasingly popular tool ...
Are Manned or Unmanned Aircraft Better on the Battlefield?
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, commonly referred to as “drones,” (also known as RPAs or UCAVs) have become an increasingly popular tool ...
Barry Blechman on Using Force Without War
If there is one book worth reading (or rereading) this summer given the current state of the world, it’s Force Without ...
The Iraqis We Left Behind: A Book Review
TO BE A FRIEND IS FATAL: The Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind By Kirk W. Johnson Scribner, 338 ...
The U.S.-Chinese War Over Africa
American and Chinese efforts in Africa can be characterized by two contrasting outlooks. The United States focuses on security, the ...
Moral Injury and Military Suicide
Before I took command of my company in Baghdad, I helped my boss manage interrogation operations for Task Force 1st Armored ...
Moral Injury and the American Soldier
I received a Combat Action Badge because, for a period of about a month in early 2004 in Iraq, I seemed ...
Russias NATO Expansion Myth
It has recently been argued by some that Russia’s invasion and intrigue in the Ukraine was foreseeable and a natural consequence of ...