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Rick Baillergeon • Military Review

Seeds of Victory

Defeat, Triumph, and the American Way of War...

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Jeffrey Schultz • Strategy Page

Resistance and Liberation: France at War, 1942-1945

A Masterful Look at France’s Rise from Defeat and Disunion to Victory...

4d agoRead it on Strategy Page
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Carson Holloway • Modern Age

How America Was Chartered

Matthew Spalding presents the Declaration as both gift and responsibility....

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Francis P. Sempa • The American Spectator

The AI Race Is a Race We Cannot Afford to Lose

The Cold War’s hardest lesson still applies: When America stops, its adversaries don't....

5d agoRead it on The American Spectator
1w ago
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...

1w agoRead it on Heroes' Path
1w ago
Nathan Calder • DODReads

Jokers Coming Through

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

1w agoRead it on DODReads
2w ago
David Isby • Strategy Page

Britain's Imperial Histories

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

2w agoRead it on Strategy Page
2w ago
Stephen Biddle, Sam Winter-Levy & Yuri Zhukov • Foreign Affairs

The Myth of Military Victory

The Dangerous Idea Driving Today's Wars of Choice

2w agoRead it on Foreign Affairs
3w 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

3w agoRead it on Asian Review of Books
09/24/26
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.

09/24/26Read it on RealClearDefense
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