Category: Written by Others

This article does an outstanding job in categorizing national interests and describing their intensity level.  This article is extremely useful as a basis for group discussion to make sure everyone is speaking the same language.

I recently reached out to Matt Cavanaugh to get a copy of this excellent reference he did for the War Council as while I had it in paper I didn't have it as a PDF. Print it, put it into a document protector, hang it in your cubicle, and don't forget these precepts when thinking … Continue reading 300 Word Strategic Education By Matt Cavanaugh →

I am attaching this PDF as I think it is valuable enough to share.

I have downloaded this PDF copy of Edward N. Luttwak's article "Give War a Chance," which was published in the July / August 1999 edition of Foreign Affairs, at least two dozen times over the years.  I think it is now time to store it here for future use. You can download the article by … Continue reading Give War a Chance by Edward N. Luttwak →

For the first time, I am publishing the work of others on my personal website.  My good friend Melissa Blake wrote her thesis for Johns Hopkins University looking at why America claims to go to war and where these claims intersect with why Baron De Jomini believed countries go to war (see below).  In 2017, … Continue reading Policy of War: American Armed Conflict and Baron De Jomini →