tom ricks

Friends and enemies were made and I've enjoyed meeting Tom Ricks and other TBD/TLM regulars. I regret not knowing some better and resolve to befriend others before the venue closes

Because I suspect that support for hazing is a lot more widespread in the military than people recognize, and I wanted...

Finally we get a contest entry from a female vet! Here’s no. 13 in our contest about finding meaning in...

Here is the second entry in our contest about finding meaningful work after the military. I think there is a...

On Sunday the NY Times ran one of my occasional surveys of new books on military history and national security...

I recently got a note from someone new to this here Long March. He liked it, and wanted to read...

I’ll be out there in America soon in connection with the publication of the paperback edition of Churchill and Orwell:...

If you intelligently follow national security issues on Twitter, you likely have come across @iAmTheWarax, a crusty fellow resembling John...

There are so many disappointing things about American politics today that it is good to point out the opposite. John...

Yes, the Tom Ricks defense column, once hosted by Foreign Policy and known as “The Best Defense,” has moved here...

In 2012, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tom Ricks, wrote an article called “General Failure,” followed by a book on the same...