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Book Discussion on Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
Below are my notes on Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare by Edward Fishman, who served in the Departments of State, Treasury…
May 3
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April 2025
Relitigating the Past: Using Historical Case Studies to Understand the Future
Historical case studies are tremendously useful for understanding the principles of war, from the tactical to the grand strategic. But they are less…
Apr 18
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Red Sea Pirates! Commerce Raiding During the Crusades
Since attention is back on Houthi attacks on shipping through the Bab al-Mendeb, I thought that it would be worth looking at an earlier episode of…
Apr 13
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March 2025
Notes on Annihilation
Perhaps no battle in history has witnessed so complete an annihilation of an army as the Battle of Hattin. Yet it did not result in the total…
Mar 30
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A Thought Experiment on Taiwan: The Consequences of Peace
What if the US and China embark on a major arms race in the Taiwan Strait, but war never comes? How will that affect the military balance of the rest of…
Mar 28
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Sea Power in Continental Wars: Naval Strategy Under Louis XIV & XV
The Anglo-French naval rivalry played out over 75 years of intense competition, against a backdrop of four titanic wars on the continent. Taken as a…
Mar 25
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February 2025
Book Discussion on The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800
The Cutting-Off Way by Wayne Lee presents a new model for looking at Indian warfare, looking at how their hit-and-run tactics were shaped by the broader…
Feb 13
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Hardened Logistics: Building Fortified Supply Corridors
A recent video shows Russian soldiers installing anti-drone netting along a supply route, the latest effort to create hardened logistical corridors in…
Feb 11
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A War on Many Stages: Theater Strategies and the War of the Spanish Succession
On 1 November 1700, Charles II of Spain died without issue. This set in motion a series of events that led to the longest and most destructive war in…
Feb 8
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A War on Many Stages: Theater Strategies and the War of the Spanish Succession
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January 2025
Why Study the Wars of Louis XIV?
With each passing year, the practical lessons of World War II become less relevant. The great war that defined our understanding of mechanized warfare…
Jan 16
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Red Commissars of the Serene Republic: The Venetian Way of War
The gap between operations and strategy is the hardest to span. This problem is all the more acute when generals are mercenaries. Yet the Republic of…
Jan 13
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December 2024
Middle-Tier Technology: An Invisible Bottleneck
The discussion over shortfalls in weapons and equipment stockpiles tends to focus on the two opposite poles of a spectrum. At one end, there are…
Dec 31, 2024
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