Opinion
How to not win wars
Setting public deadlines, exit strategies, and casualty limits is a time-honored way to lose wars.
Opinion
On its 80th anniversary, D-Day still matters
The absence of major events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day in North Carolina's capital makes it clear we've lost sight of the importance of this key victory over totalitarianism.
Opinion
A not so silent night and other Christmas reflections
Winston Churchill called the Battle of the Bulge America’s greatest moment during the war, not just for the heroics, but because we shouldered the tremendous German offensive alone.
Opinion
A Tale of Salt & Iron
I didn’t need to listen to an 18-hour lecture series on the history of China to be reminded of the drawbacks of government monopolies.
Opinion
No More Glorious Defeats
To assume that your rival shares your own assumptions and criteria for success is to court Hannibal’s fate. No thanks.
Opinion
History of Key N.C. Battle ‘Excellent’
Victories in the South concluded the American Revolution, but they are rarely acknowledged by historians. Lawrence Babits and Joshua Howard do not follow that narrative, and their accurate and readable history of this seminal battle offers a significant service to readers.
Opinion
How To Lose The War
If you are pointed in the wrong direction, it won’t just fail to help you to be the fastest runner in the race – it will actually hurt you.
Opinion
A Tale of Salt & Iron
I didn’t need to listen to a 18-hour lecture series on the history of China to be reminded of the drawbacks of government monopolies.
Opinion
Something Else Engels Got Wrong
Max Boot’s War Made New is not a one-sided brief for technological supremacy. One of his major themes is that having the latest weaponry is no guarantee of success.
Opinion
New Look at America’s Birth
Think you know the whole story about George Washington crossing the Delaware? Probably not unless you have read a recent, Pulitzer-winning book by the eminent historian David Hackett Fischer.
