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Military fairy tales
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Why I think Adm. McRaven is wrong
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Veteran suicide: Here is a name to put with the numbers that numb us so
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Studies of military innovation: Tom’s interim roundup of the story so far
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Iraq report: Chances of a Shia uprising against the Baghdad govt are increasing
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We’re taught that ‘complacency kills’ in combat. But in peace, the lack of it does.
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Matt Gallagher’s ‘Youngblood’: A fine new novel about the later Iraq war
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Some reflections on being told by the guy at the base front gate that I should ‘smile’
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The collected thoughts of Crumpton on how to do better against terrorism
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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for 20 years for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He is the author of five books about the military.
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