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How America Was Chartered
Matthew Spalding presents the Declaration as both gift and responsibility....
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A Masterful Look at France’s Rise from Defeat and Disunion to Victory...
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The Cold War’s hardest lesson still applies: When America stops, its adversaries don't....
20h agoRead it on The American SpectatorThe Holes at Their Fingertips
In December 1944, Japanese guards burned 139 American POWs alive on Palawan as they clawed at the earth to get out. Eleven escaped and helped free...
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The Wartime Journey of VF-20, 1943–1945...
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A Fast-Paced History of the British Empire in a Modern Context
1w agoRead it on Strategy PageThe Myth of Military Victory
The Dangerous Idea Driving Today's Wars of Choice
2w 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
3w 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.
09/24/26Read it on RealClearDefenseGrant
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From Siberia to Fairford: How Operation Spider’s Web Has Changed the Rules of Airpower
By Frank A. Rose • RealClearDefense
Faster Simulations, Better Defense Decisions
By Rut Lineswala • RealClearDefense
Will HASC Have an Oversight Subcommittee in the Next Congress?
By Christopher J. Bright • RealClearDefense
The U.S. is Overpaying for Missiles
By Alex Lee • RealClearDefense
The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Umbrella
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
From Siberia to Fairford: How Operation Spider’s Web Has Changed the Rules of Airpower
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By Rut Lineswala • RealClearDefense
Bombers Could Have a Major Air-to-Air Combat Role
By Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
Pentagon, Lockheed Agree to 10-Year Deal for 850 F-35 Jets
By M. Scanlon, Military T.
The Marine Corps Has a Boot Problem
By Travis Pike, Sandboxx News