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Lessons from the Battle Road: A Story of Mission Command, Miscalculation, and Adaptive Thinking

Peter J. Munson — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:30:00 +0000

Lessons from the Battle Road: A Story of Mission Command, Miscalculation, and Adaptive Thinking Peter J. Munson Fri, 04/19/2013 - 3:30am

Good stories trump doctrine for effecting cultural change because they reach us emotionally; they inspire. Consider America's first battle and what we can glean its many relevant lessons.

Review Essay: History and Hybrid Warfare

Peter J. Munson — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:30:00 +0000

Review Essay: History and Hybrid Warfare Peter J. Munson Tue, 08/21/2012 - 5:30am

An edited volume by Williamson Murray and Peter Mansoor.

A Tradition That Never Was

Peter J. Munson — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:56:30 +0000

A Tradition That Never Was Peter J. Munson Thu, 08/09/2012 - 6:56am

Critiquing the Critique of British COIN

British Military Decline 1919-1939

Peter J. Munson — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:50:58 +0000

British Military Decline 1919-1939 Peter J. Munson Wed, 07/11/2012 - 5:50am

Naiveté clouded the lens through which they viewed military power.

Echoes of the End of the Raj?

Peter J. Munson — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:26:01 +0000

Echoes of the End of the Raj?

Kwasi Kwarteng, a Conservative member of British Parliament and author offered an interesting op-ed at the New York Times today:

THE Arab Spring, the threat of Iran as an emerging nuclear power, the continuing violence in Syria and the American reluctance to get involved there have all signaled the weakness, if not the end, of America’s role as a world policeman. President Obama himself said in a speech last year: “America cannot use our military wherever repression occurs.”

America’s position today reminds me of Britain’s situation in 1945. Deep in debt and committed to building its National Health Service and other accouterments of the welfare state, Britain no longer could afford to run an empire.

Read it all here.

Peter J. Munson Tue, 04/17/2012 - 9:26am

30 Years On: The Diplomatic Fight for the Falkland Islands

Peter J. Munson — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:57:19 +0000

30 Years On: The Diplomatic Fight for the Falkland Islands Peter J. Munson Mon, 04/02/2012 - 5:57am

Thirty years ago, on 2 April 1982, Argentine forces occupied the Falkland Islands. Matt Ince looks at the issues that still brew there.

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