Thomas E. Ricks

Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.

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Another vote for the Army as the nation’s primary service in coming decades

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What not to do when seeing a big ship in your path while entering the Persian Gulf

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Anatomy of a crime: Some reflections on the latest killings at Fort Hood

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Drone news from all over: Google goes high altitude, a drone truck is coming, and Bezos still wants drone groceries

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Think you know something about Putin’s bad intentions? Then give ODNI a call

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General Sherman (IV) says one sign of effective leadership is having a small staff

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What bothers me about the making of strategy through ‘ways, means, and ends’

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Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week: Dog teams search the wreckage of Washington’s mudslide

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FoW (23): The biggest growth industry in defense should be counter-drone systems

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Disappointment in USNI’s tendentious response to recent item on aircraft carriers

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A view from the high seas: The Navy is now more important than other services because it provides unfettered presence

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How mission command works: Sherman’s memoirs (III) show that it is based in trust, and must work as a two-way street

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A puzzlement to me: Why two of my favorite writers sat out World War II

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Maybe it is the end of ‘counterinsurgency’ — but the beginning of ‘armed politics’

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The Future of War (entry no. 24): The key tool we will need to prevail is … empathy

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