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The Long March

Why The OODA Loop Is Forever

Dan Grazier
The Long March

That Time The Red Army Lost 9,000 Tanks In 2 Months, And Other Military History Facts We Didn’t Know
The Long March

The US Tradition Of Civilian Control Of The Military Started Here

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Book Excerpt: How The US Military Professionalized In The Early 19th Century

Joseph T. Glatthaar

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Have The Germans Really Changed Much In The Last 2,000 Years?

Tom Ricks

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The 8 Military History Books Tom Just Recommended

Tom Ricks

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World War II Vet And OSS Legend Finally Honored With Nation’s Highest Civilian Medal

Adam Linehan

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George Marshall On A World War I RIP/TOA Some 100 Years Ago

John Throckmorton

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Here’s How 10 Of The Largest And Most Important Tank Battles In History Played Out

Ben Brimelow, Business Insider

Religious Programs Specialist 3rd Class James Bartsch returns books to the shelves in the library aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22).

Reading Rainbow: Take A Look

Tom Ricks

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The Spartans Were Morons

Gabriel Russell, Law Enforcement Today

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A History Of ‘Bloopers’: Rifle Grenades, ‘Thumpers,’ And Underslung Launchers

James Clark

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This ‘New’ US Plan In Afghanistan Sure Sounds A Lot Like A Failed Strategy We Tried In Vietnam

Adam Weinstein

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CIA Document Reported Adolf Hitler Survived World War II

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Republic F-105D-30-RE Thunderchief (SN 62-4234) in flight with a full bomb load of M117 750 lb bombs. Normally drop tanks were carried on the inboard wing pylons. This aircraft was shot down on 24 December 1968 over Laos.

This Is How The US Military Would Have Invaded Cuba In 1962

michael peck, the national interest

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Americans’ Trust in Generals Is A Problem: Former Joint Chiefs Chairman

Hope Hodge Seck, Military.Com

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A Brief History Of The US Military As An American Social Experiment

Richard Slotkin, Wesleyan University, The Conversation

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7 Ways Donuts Changed The Military Forever

Adam Weinstein

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Why The Pentagon Is A Pentagon, And 6 Other Weird Facts About DoD’s HQ

Adam Weinstein

Gen. Ambrose Burnside (seated, center) and officers of the 1st Rhode Island at Camp Sprague, Rhode Island, 186.

3 Lessons I’ve Learned From Military History

Here are a couple things military history has shown me.

Jason Nulton