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Peter Suciu • 1945

Meet the Men Behind the AK-47 and M16 Rifles

The Soviet-designed AK-47 and the American-built AR-15/M16 are arguably the most iconic firearms in the modern world. Even people who don't...

02/02/21Read it on 1945
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John Fenzel • Heroes' Path

The 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...

14h agoRead it on Heroes' Path
1d ago
Nathan Calder • DODReads

Jokers Coming Through

The Wartime Journey of VF-20, 1943–1945...

1d agoRead it on DODReads
1w ago
David Isby • Strategy Page

Britain's Imperial Histories

A Fast-Paced History of the British Empire in a Modern Context

1w agoRead it on Strategy Page
1w ago
Stephen Biddle, Sam Winter-Levy & Yuri Zhukov • Foreign Affairs

The Myth of Military Victory

The Dangerous Idea Driving Today's Wars of Choice

1w agoRead it on Foreign Affairs
2w ago
Francis P. Sempa • Asian Review of Books

Rival 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 Books
3w ago
Edward Farley Aldrich • RealClearDefense

What Franklin Roosevelt Understood About Military Leadership

The United States is at war, and the Army is losing its senior leadership.

3w agoRead it on RealClearDefense
3w ago
John H. Modinger • Military Review

Grant

... this is one of the finest biographies I've ever read

3w agoRead it on Military Review
09/22/26
Gary Anderson • The American Spectator

The Military Decline Since Desert Storm

When victory becomes a liability: the debunking of the 'short war' myth.

09/22/26Read it on The American Spectator
09/21/26
Mike Markowitz • Strategy Page

Ancient Warfare: The Basics

An Introduction to War in the Ancient Mediterranean World

09/21/26Read it on Strategy Page
09/18/26
Steven-Paul Lapid • DODReads

On the Brink: A Military History of Taiwan

Taiwan emerges from a complicated interaction among American assistance, Taiwanese decision-making, military adaptation, domestic politics, and...

09/18/26Read it on DODReads
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