Military

List of Military articles

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  Pritzker’s favorite recruiting posters

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Leaving Afghanistan: Not With a Bang, But a Whimper

  Stephen M. Walt

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  Stephen M. Walt

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  Help him out: He’s invited to speak at his old high school on Veterans Day. What do Best Defense readers think he should say?

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Is Your Aircraft Carrier a Lemon?

  The Complex

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  David Axe, War is Boring

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  ‘War Play’: A Brilliant & Refreshing Study of the U.S. Military’s Use of Video Games

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Did the Bay of Pigs Attack Go Off Track Because It Was Supposed to Kick Off With The Assassination of Fidel Castro?

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Bringing ‘Smart Power’ Back to U.S. Foreign Policy

  Shadow Government 2009-2017

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  Paul Bonicelli

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  Egypt’s Got 99 Problems, But U.S. Aid Ain’t One

  Transitions

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  Mohamed El Dahshan

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  Combat culture: How civil military perspectives have changed since 9/11 — and why Trotsky was wrong about war

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  The Royal Navy now has 15 times as many commanders as it has warships

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Speaking of Marine Corps trouble, 27 former JAGs ask Congress to investigate the leadership’s handling of Maj. Weirick

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  What Churchill Can Teach Us About the Coming Era of Lasers, Cyborgs, and Killer Drones

  Or why the Pentagon needs to think big and look to the past in order to prepare for the chaotic technowars of the future.

  Feature

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  P.W. Singer

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  ‘Counterinsurgency in Crisis’: An objective assessment of the British experiences in Helmand and Basra

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  A drone reading list

  Best Defense

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  Thomas E. Ricks

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  Beware Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish Defense Cuts — Like ROTC Closures

  Shadow Government 2009-2017

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  Peter D. Feaver