How could a 1980s wargame shape today’s nuclear strategy? Frank Jones examines Proud Prophet, a 1983 wargame where following doctrine led to 500M deaths. These lessons on misperception are...
Frank Jones
Frank Jones is a Distinguished Fellow of the U.S. Army War College where he taught in the Department of National Security and Strategy. Previously, he had retired from the Office of the Secretary of Defense as a senior executive. He is the author or editor of four books and numerous articles on U.S. national security.
Although Huyser’s mission occurred during the Cold War, the book serves as an important case study of military diplomacy for policymakers, military leaders and diplomats—especially its limitations. During the...
KOREA ON THE BRINK: GENERAL JOHN WICKHAM AND POLITICO-MILITARY CRISIS MANAGEMENT
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The recent 2024 declaration of martial law in South Korea brought back memories of the country’s turbulent past and raised questions about the United States’ role in South Korean...
Trường Chinh, the former general secretary and leading theoretician of the Vietnamese Communist Party, is often overlooked for his contributions to Vietnam's revolutionary war strategies. Frank Jones examines Chinh's...
As the architect of the doctrine known as AirLand Battle, U.S. Army General Donn A. Starry initiated an intellectual renaissance in twentieth-century military thought. Featured contributor Frank Jones is...
The military prides itself on its ability to conduct honest, sometimes brutal, after action reviews of operations and events to assess performance and establish lessons learned. But rarely has...
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice agreement. A legal agreement that ended combat on the battlefield, it was hoped to be a...
Rear Admiral J.C. Wylie was a brilliant military and naval strategist whose “Reflections on the War in the Pacific” had far reaching influence on U.S. Navy strategy after World...
Bernard Fall was a man of many talents. A veteran of both the French resistance and Free French Army during World War II, an award-winning journalist and author, an...
[Congress] is flexing its muscles by using the power of the purse, lawmaking and, most visibly, oversight Last year, conservative commentator George Will accused congressional leaders of “leaving dormant...
General Frederick C. Weyand served as the 28th Chief of Staff of the Army in the 1970s but, as Dr. Frank Jones of the U.S. Army War College explains,...
There are times when Congress has to lead by bringing attention to an issue What makes for a successful nuclear arms control agreement? There is no one answer. The...
The notion that the Trump administration’S decision was unexpected is UNCONVINCING President Trump’s October announcement that the U.S. will “pull out” of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty set...
What becomes the dominant narrative? [The Vietnam War has] been examined principally through American eyes. The Tet Offensive was an important event during the U.S. war in Vietnam. After...