Like I was saying: Tactical nukes are on the table for use against North Korea
Here’s an exchange Defense Secretary James Mattis had with reporters yesterday about tactical nuclear weapons.
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‘Vietnam’ Episode 3: Casting the die
Episode 3 forgets how the U.S. neglected greater cooperation with South Vietnam at great cost.
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Veterans Administration throws suicide stats out the back door on Friday at 5 p.m.
Suicide rates for veterans climb to "staggering" proportions.
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‘Vietnam’ Episode 2: There’s an iceberg ahead, but the ship speeds up
The message of this gloomy episode in the “Vietnam” min-series is that by 1963 the Vietnam War was in a downward spiral and doomed to failure no matter what else happened.
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‘Vietnam’: Episode 1 starts the clock
It would be a spoiler to describe how this episode of the Ken Burns-led ‘Vietnam’ saga begins, except to say it reflects the cinematographer’s artistry at a high level of professional competence.
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Edgar on Strategy (II): An anti-strategist’s view
What Tolstoy can teach us about the traps of self assurance.
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Dogs: Sometimes you need to help them
Even if you are tired too.
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Book excerpt: ‘The Final Mission of ‘Extortion 17’ in Afghanistan
This chapter documents the never-before-revealed final minutes of Extortion 17’s fateful mission into Afghanistan’s Tangi Valley.
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Will the USS Gerald Ford be remembered as the doomed Yamato of the carrier era?
What matters most is not how lethal a carrier is, but what threats it can endure.
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Reading rainbow: Listing the lists
Some of H.R. McMaster’s greatest hits, and more.
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About Thomas E. Ricks
Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com.
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