List of Military articles
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Malcolm X and Bayard Rustin. (Wikimedia Commons) Malcolm X, Bayard Rustin and MLK Jr. Hailed in the ‘Marine Corps Gazette’
Civil rights, and some news about Best Defense
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Lt. Gen. John H. Cushman in the classroom. (U.S. Army) An Appreciation of Recently Departed Lieutenant General John H. Cushman
Gen. “Jack” Cushman, former commandant of the U.S. army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) from 1973-1976, died earlier this month at 96.
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Brian Jones, of Orange High School ROTC, holds an American flag on color guard duty during a Veterans Day observance Nov. 11, 2002 in Orange, California. (David McNew/Getty Images) We Were Students Once … and Young: A Tribute to a Military-Heavy Public School
DoD families have much to offer American public schools.
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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Bob Gates and former Air Force Chief of Staff Merrill McPeak. (Wikimedia Commons) Quote of the Day: McPeak and Prine on Robert Gates, and on the Defense Media
An interview from the San Diego Union-Tribune
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North Korean soldiers during a parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) China Should Send 30,000 Troops Into North Korea
The only way to stand down from a nuclear confrontation is to reassure Kim Jong Un that the United States won’t — and can’t — invade.
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A U.S. soldier takes cover near a patrol base south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Aug. 29, 2007. (David Furst/AFP/Getty Images) America’s Military Doesn’t Have Enough Money to Do Its Job
Donald Trump promised a bigger defense budget, but the Pentagon is still waiting.
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The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Wikimedia Commons) Babylon Revisited: Melancholy Thoughts After a Short Trip to Washington, D.C.
As a young reporter in political Washington in the late 1980s, I noticed that there was a type of person who thrived in the driven, transactional environment of the capital.
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Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) drinks a cup of coffee at Allied Headquarters in Paris, in a scene from the World War II documentary 'The True Glory', directed by Garson Kanin and Carol Reed, circa 1945. (FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images) Coffee: The Military Essential That Fuels Combat, Camaraderie and Communion
Coffee as the conduit for memories of a military career
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The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster, 15 May 1648. (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam via Wikimedia Commons) Edgar on Strategy (Part X): Build your approach on the understanding that the global state system is here to stay
While some arguments for the decline of the state are insightful and important, none of them have stuck.
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Gold coins from the Roman town of Pompeii on display in Chicago, Illinois on Oct. 18, 2005. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Two Unexpected Ways in Which Mercenaries Affected Ancient Battles
This hadn’t occurred to me until I was reading a volume of ancient military history.
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The United States Seventh Fleet logo. (Wikimedia Commons) Does Conformism Among Military Officers Create Conditions That Lead to Corruption?
Conformity enables corruption
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A soldier reads to children. (U.S. Department of Defense) In Case You Didn’t Buy the ‘New York Times’ Yesterday: New Military Histories
The Sunday New York Times Book Review ran my semi-annual survey of new books on military history.
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Dan Berschinski kisses his girlfriend Rebecca Taber in Dover, Delaware on Sep. 13, 2011. (Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post) Veterans’ Day Special: An Afghan War Casualty Looks Back and Wonders Why
I am neither old and wise, nor am I an impressively decorated combat veteran.
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A U.S. Marine stands guard Apr. 14, 1993 from his position on an armored personnel carrier at a check-point in Mogadishu. (Eric Cabanis/AFP/GettyImages) Edgar on Strategy (Part IX): To what end? The frequently missing ‘why’ of strategy
Policymakers must articulate the “why” informing a strategy and periodically revaluate whether it is achievable and what ought to come next.
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The cover of "Destination Casablanca." (Public Affairs) Book Excerpt: ‘Destination Casablanca’
The naval battle of Casablanca began with airplanes.
