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The Pentagon's Quest for Drone Supremacy
Ground-Centric Drones alone Won’t Win: Future Wars, especially with China, demand Joint, All-domain Unmanned Strategies.
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Phil Gentile
Nuclear War: A Scenario — Annie Jacobsen’s Unflinching Look at the Unthinkable
A real-world, research-based scenario that shows how quickly the next nuclear war could start—and why prevention is our only defense
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David Gran
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The New Nuclear Age: Navigating Today’s Global Terrain to Forestall Nuclear War
Evolving Deterrence Strategies in a Multipolar Nuclear Environment
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Phil Gentile
What Today’s Journals Say About Tomorrow’s Wars
Leadership, Cold War tensions, and space warfare dominate this month’s top military journal picks—what they reveal about the future of war
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David Gran
Strategic Terrain Still Matters: Geography and the Next Defense Strategy
The American Enterprise Institute’s guidance to the Pentagon: Strategic terrain still matters—just as Mahan, Mackinder, and others long argued.
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Phil Gentile
Beyond Fireworks: What July 4th Should Remind Us About the Revolution
On this 250th year since the American Revolutionary war began, a look at the hard-won fight for independence—and the books that bring its struggles…
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Phil Gentile
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The U.S. Army at 250: Defense and Democracy
Defending the Nation and Upholding Civil-Military Relations Since 1775
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Phil Gentile
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Korea: War Without End
A Fresh Perspective on the “Forgotten War” Origins, Strategic failures, Impact and Lessons for Today from Two of Britain’s most Experienced Military…
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Phil Gentile
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The Last Stand of Fox Company: Valor and Sacrifice in the Korean War
A Marine unit’s desperate Defense at Toktong Pass reveals how Tactical Bravery can Influence Strategic Outcomes
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Phil Gentile
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MIG Alley and the Forgotten Air War Over Korea
What Cold War dogfights, Soviet tactics, and U.S. airpower reveal about strategy, adaptation, and future conflict
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Phil Gentile
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May 2025 Military Journal Reads: Strategy, Ethics, and Future War
This month’s military reading list exposes the cracks in strategy, ethics, and preparedness across today’s global battlefield
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David Gran
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Beijing’s New Barges and the Taiwan Invasion that Never Was
What WWII’s Operation CAUSEWAY Can Teach Us about Deterrence and the PLA’s Invasion Plans
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Phil Gentile
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