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For as long as I can remember — and certainly long before I had
For as long as I can remember — and certainly long before I had the term for it — I’ve believed that creativity is combinatorial: Alive and awak...

While the Long War continues to march, four new books have
While the Long War continues to march, four new books have presented challenging and sometimes contradictory conclusions about the war and its lessons...

Eikenberry does not advocate a return to the draft. He says he
Eikenberry does not advocate a return to the draft. He says he understands that there is no political constituency in the American body politic for su...

Air power is tough. All the world’s air forces work hard to
Air power is tough. All the world’s air forces work hard to maintain old warplanes and acquire expensive new ones and still fund adequate training�...

In the 1600s, the Dutch and the British were kind of shadowing
In the 1600s, the Dutch and the British were kind of shadowing each other all over the globe, explains Cornell historian Eric Tagliacozzo. They were c...

And when youre describing your science, beware of jargon. Jargon
And when youre describing your science, beware of jargon. Jargon is a barrier to our understanding of your ideas. Sure, you can say spatial and tempor...

How do you judge, say, a field soldier like General Ulysses S.
How do you judge, say, a field soldier like General Ulysses S. Grant—a victor whose bulldog approach to battlefield combat is Carl von Clausewitzs p...

It’s no surprise that, after a half-decade of decline in
It’s no surprise that, after a half-decade of decline in American military capabilities, Hagel felt the need to promise a ready solution. But bankin...