Category: War, arms trade, and all that nasty shit

America’s assumptions about our threats may be very outdated. WE are seen as the enemy by most. (Even most allies, now.)

I am not a spy

Starts as an excellent lecture on McClellan and Lee by Dr. Rafuse & quickly veers into “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry!”
The South – Grant – and what about the cotton strategy?

Vicksburg – well, first, Grant more broadly – (and an amusing time-traveling sidetrack to Gettysburg)

“Well, you’re looking at the wrong guy” Bacevich on the Middle East

Nazis Make a Lot of Sense – Military Theory Part II

The Strait You’ve Never Heard Of
