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Dusty Shelves
IT’S WORLD WAR THREE ALL OVER AGAIN (DUSTY SHELVES)
Today, as the United States once more finds itself in a situation of near-peer ...
THE LAST LION AND THE NEXT WAR: LESSONS FROM CHURCHILL (DUSTY SHELVES)
Churchill, an avid painter, ‘saw the beauty and vitality of details, and their effect ...
ONE HELL OF A TRAVEL VOUCHER (DUSTY SHELVES)
If we’re all being honest, what we’ve really missed while not traveling is the ...
MILITARY SOCIETY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: ANDRÉ CORVISIER (DUSTY SHELVES)
The historical profession in the mid-twentieth-century decisively shifted its focus to social and cultural ...
ELLUL’S “PROPAGANDA”: OVER FIFTY YEARS’ WARNING, BUT ARE WE LISTENING? (DUSTY SHELVES)
Western nations have again become concerned about propaganda and disinformation due to the actions ...
MOBILIZATION TO DEMOBILIZATION: THE LIFE OF THE MINUTEMAN (DUSTY SHELVES)
He was a competent but not flamboyant officer, commanding at an echelon that attracted ...
“TECHNOCRATS AND OPERATIONAL EXPERTS” (DUSTY SHELVES)
Murray…highlights the German military’s failure as a whole to understand how the Industrial Revolution ...
STRATEGY WHILE SHAVING WITH A BLOWTORCH (DUSTY SHELVES)
[King’s] autobiography is superb reading for those interested in leadership, and it contains two ...
A QUESTION OF PROFESSIONALISM (DUSTY SHELVES)
For today and tomorrow, I think it can remind us of one tool that’s ...
BOOK LOVERS NEED APPLY: A DUSTY SHELVES PODCAST
One of the things we’re trying to do is encourage people…to start talking about ...
JUNGLE MISSION: A REVIEW (DUSTY SHELVES)
The jungle is the natural refuge of the weak. René Riesen, Jungle Mission ...
DUSTING OFF THE DUSTY SHELVES
We are looking for new and updated looks at old books, articles, chapters, speeches, ...
HOW A HOMING PIGEON SAVED THE LOST BATTALION OF WORLD WAR I (DUSTY SHELVES)
Pigeons were treated with very high regard in the military … much like working ...
COOK’S ‘MIDNIGHT DRAWINGS’ AND THEIR HAUNTING VIEWS OF WAR (DUSTY SHELVES)
[COOK SAID,] ‘These faces. I didn’t get to know all their names. They joined ...
BUILDING THE CONTINENTAL ARMY: VON STEUBEN’S “BLUE BOOK” (DUSTY SHELVES)
[VON STEUBEN] WAS THE RIGHT MAN AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT TIME. ...
RECEIPT: BOMB, ATOMIC, 1 EACH (DUSTY SHELVES)
This is a hand receipt unlike any other. … Imagine instead of signing for ...
NSC-68: THE POLICY DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED THE COLD WAR (DUSTY SHELVES)
[PRESIDENT TRUMAN] WAS INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK AT AMERICA’S POSITION IN THE WORLD. ...
RIDGWAY’S MEMO: “WHY WE ARE HERE” (DUSTY SHELVES)
It is an example of transformational leadership at the tactical, operational, and strategic level ...
THE “DUSTY SHELVES SERIES”: BRINGING MILITARY HISTORY TO LIFE
Remembering the past is hard, not just because memories fade but because capturing the ...