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THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE TODAY
For national security officials who are wading through floods of information, how do they ...
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP FROM AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE — A PODCAST
There’s an old saying, “Command can be lonely.” But it doesn’t have to be. ...
WHAT DO THE BRITS THINK OF AMERICAN OFFICERS? — A PODCAST
You assume professional competence at [the strategic] level, … but the more senior you ...
WHY DO WE CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARIES?
Sadly, historical events seem to require a round number of years to draw attention ...
ERIN GO BRUSSELS: TREATY OF BRUSSELS AT 70
Five allied powers … set out a bold program of cooperation in areas ranging ...
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 ...
THE TET OFFENSIVE: 50 YEARS LATER — A PODCAST
What becomes the dominant narrative? [The Vietnam War has] been examined principally through American ...
PERSPECTIVES ON STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP — GEN. ROBIN RAND, U.S. AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND
I tell people today that history makes you smarter, but your heritage makes you ...
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. ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON: THE LESSONS OF FAILURE (GREAT CAPTAINS)
Washington [will] realize early on that he is playing a losing hand and has ...
GREAT CAPTAINS: COMMAND & THOSE WHO DID IT BEST
Greatness … should be judged by some combination of leaders’ political impact; strategic, operational, ...
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 ...
AT THE NEXUS OF DIPLOMACY, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEFENSE — AFRICOM AT 10 YEARS (PART 3)
To its critics, the 3Ds [of diplomacy, development, and defense] provide an illusion of ...
ON BEING A ‘DIFFERENT’ KIND OF COMMAND — AFRICOM AT 10 YEARS (PART 2)
AFRICOM was never conceived to be a warfighting command. It was conceived to be ...
FORMING U.S. AFRICA COMMAND: A STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION SUCCESS — AFRICOM AT 10 YEARS (PART 1)
Success stories [IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION] do exist. The formation of the U.S. Army’s African ...
MAHAN AND SEA POWER — GREAT STRATEGISTS (EPISODE 4)
There [are] a lot of preconceived notions about Mahan. . . I got it. ...
KAUTILYA, THE ARTHASHASTRA, AND ANCIENT REALISM — GREAT STRATEGISTS (EPISODE 3)
[Kautilya] is considered the first great political realist. Most international relations scholars treat [his ...