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Secret Pact with the Nazis? Nyet, Never Heard of It

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New Revelations from Argentina’s Falklands Campaign

Untold stories from a war on the South Atlantic rocks.

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Doting Father and Feminist: The Other Side of Saddam’s Half-Brother, the Head...

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George Washington, Confessed Assassin

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Military Reading for Professional Development? Stop Being So Lazy

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A Portrait of Clausewitz as a Young Officer

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Trans-Atlantic Bandwidth: Then and Now

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Silencing the Enemy: Cable-cutting in the Spanish–American War

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Where Has All the Hatred Gone?

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The Mysterious Blunderings of the CIA

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Deja Vu? Debating a U.S. Intervention in Syria in 1919

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As We Were Marching through Georgia

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The U.S. Navy’s Secret, 11-Page Plan to Conquer Canada

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“NUTS!”— Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe’s 1944 Christmas Letter

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When the U.S. Government Took on the Sinister Santa Claus Threat

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Ankara’s Hidden Hand: Turkish Covert Ops Then and Now

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Fighting Words: Spies, Soldiers, and Stylish Scribes

Many diplomatic officers and military analyst are fine writers, but their talents for prose are often washed out of their reports in the name of objectivity, clarity, and accountability. They leave it...

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What Vicenza, Home of the 173rd Airborne, Looked Like Two Centuries Ago

Historic reoccurrence is a controversial concept. However, events, especially in military history, often take place in similar sites. The reason for this phenomenon is simple. Throughout centuries...

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The Art of Barbarity: Propaganda from WWI to the Islamic State

The so-called Islamic State has become infamous for its brutality. Not only has it implemented the old standby of chopping off the hands of alleged thieves, it has also taken to crucifying people for a...

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Alternate Realities Are Like Athlete’s Foot

Accusations of atrocities are really hard to get rid of, kind of like athlete’s foot.  That is why it is so important to get accusations right and not poison the discourse with false allegations....

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