Last week, the U.S. Army War College welcomed Sir Hew Strachan, a distinguished British military historian and accomplished author. He graciously took the time to sit down with Michael...
World War I
When a new piece of technology arrives in your unit, your service, or your national defense organization, does it enhance your operations and capabilities, or is it a disruptor...
History is a powerful tool, but like all tools it can be misused, causing even greater damage than if one simply ignored it. Brian Linn and Brian Donlon examine...
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Alexandra Richie, internationally acclaimed and award-winning writer and historian, and one of the world's foremost experts on World War II in Europe. Richie joined Michael Neiberg...
While joint doctrine and most service-specific doctrines have banished EBO as a concept, effects remain one of the elements of operational design. For a time, effects and Effects-Based Operations...
If you go into reading history with an open mind what you’re looking for is to be surprised; you’re looking for things that tell you something you didn’t know....
A BETTER PEACE welcomes award winning and internationally renowned author Margaret MacMillan. Perhaps best known for her study and writings of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, she joins our...
At the outbreak of the war, all of those armies were quite small but they rapidly grew many times their size in 1914 Historical memory of the First World...
Pigeons were treated with very high regard in the military … much like working dogs are today Technological innovation has always been central to warfighting, and the advances made...
Planners for future wars must in the next war push the boundaries of where and when to consummate military operations This is the second set of top responses to...
‘if only the politicians had let us do our jobs’ remains a powerful military narrative We thank you for the overwhelming number of submissions in response to our question:...
Men and women of all races and backgrounds were transformed by the war, whether they stayed at home or fought at the front Veteran’s Day is observed in the...
Is it necessary for Generals to be on the modern battlefield? Is it worth the risk? Stars, I have seen them fall, but when they drop and die No...