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The Caine Mutiny
Though The Caine Mutiny is celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary, we were struck by just how fresh and powerful the novel remains
07/02/26Read it on Modern War InstituteBritain's Imperial Histories
A Fast-Paced History of the British Empire in a Modern Context
3d agoRead it on Strategy PageThe Myth of Military Victory
The Dangerous Idea Driving Today's Wars of Choice
1w agoRead it on Foreign AffairsRival Civilizations: The Rise of Japan and Visions of World Order in Britain
The rise of Japan as a world power in the early 20th century produced in Great Britain a rethinking of geopolitics and world order
2w agoRead it on Asian Review of BooksWhat Franklin Roosevelt Understood About Military Leadership
The United States is at war, and the Army is losing its senior leadership.
3w agoRead it on RealClearDefenseGrant
... this is one of the finest biographies I've ever read
3w agoRead it on Military ReviewThe Military Decline Since Desert Storm
When victory becomes a liability: the debunking of the 'short war' myth.
3w agoRead it on The American SpectatorAncient Warfare: The Basics
An Introduction to War in the Ancient Mediterranean World
3w agoRead it on Strategy PageOn the Brink: A Military History of Taiwan
Taiwan emerges from a complicated interaction among American assistance, Taiwanese decision-making, military adaptation, domestic politics, and...
3w agoRead it on DODReadsBattleship New Jersey's $24 Million Expansion
WWII's Famed 'Mosquito Bowl' Comes to the Big Screen
The dream team is collaborating once again
09/12/26Read it on Marine Corps Times
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense
Radio Frequencies in the Intelligence Ecosystem
By Craig Brower • RealClearDefense
An Acquisitions Process Built for Today's Contested Spectrum Battlefield
By John Malsbury • RealClearDefense
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
Preventing the Next World War
By Robert Peters & Wilson Beaver • RealClearDefense
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
Northrop Grumman Breaks Out the Big Guns at AUSA
By Daniel Terrill, Defense News
Army Pursuing Diverse Array of New Anti-Air Interceptors
By Trevithick, The WarZoneWho Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki, RCD
F-35C Lands for the First Time on a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
By The Aviationist