Professional historians often dismiss alternative or counterfactual history as nothing more than entertaining—the fodder of fantasy sci-fi...
Gian Gentile
Gian Gentile is a retired U.S. Army colonel who served many years as a history professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point and did two combat tours in Iraq. He currently is a senior historian and Associate Director of the Army Research Division at the RAND Corporation.
In every conflict, there are lessons to be observed, but should they all be "learned"? Should the...