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Category Archives: War
David Stahel: Historian of German Defeat in the East
David Stahel (b. 1975) is a New Zealand military historian whose work on the German invasion of the Soviet Union reshaped the historiography of the Eastern Front. Born in Wellington, he belongs to a post-Cold War generation of historians who … Continue reading
R. H. S. Stolfi: From the Eastern Front to the Defense of Hitler
R. H. S. Stolfi (1932–2012) held a distinctive and contested place in late twentieth-century military historiography. Russel H. S. Stolfi served as a colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and taught modern European history for many years at … Continue reading
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Ten convenient beliefs for leaders at the U.S. Department of Defense (the modern “Department of War”)
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are operating at full operational tempo in the Pentagon’s E-Ring, the Tank, CENTCOM forward headquarters, and the secure video calls with the White House and Israeli counterparts right now. With the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign in its … Continue reading
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Logic of the Compression Engine
Generals, admirals, and senior leaders on the Joint Chiefs of Staff do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking languages of Joint Warfighting Excellence, Civilian Control with Military Advice, Merit-Based Strategic Counsel, No Slack … Continue reading
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The 82nd Airborne Division and the Logic of the Ramp
Brigade commanders, staff officers, and senior leaders at the 82nd Airborne Division do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking languages of All American Readiness, Forcible Entry Excellence, Merit-Based Paratrooper Standards, No Slack for … Continue reading
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The Department of War and the Logic of the Lethality Machine
Generals, civilian executives, and senior leaders at the Department of War do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking languages of Lethal Readiness, No Quarter, Merit-Based Warfighting, Great Power Competition, or responsibility for sustaining … Continue reading
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The Military Expertise Industrial Complex: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Prestige in the Iran War
High-status actors among America’s military experts do not compete for authority by openly saying they want control over defense contracts, think-tank fellowships, cable news contracts, congressional testimony slots, and book deals. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their … Continue reading
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The Vocabulary of Order: Elite Moral Claims in the 2026 Iran War
Nobody in the foreign policy establishment says they want authority over how this war is understood. They say they are protecting civilians, managing escalation, defending the rules-based order, or preventing catastrophe. That is the move. In every crisis of this … Continue reading
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Buffered Guardians, Porous Fighters: The Self Assumed by the Laws of War
The history of international humanitarian law is usually told as a story about rules, institutions, and doctrines. It can also be told as a story about the kind of person those rules require. Not just the soldier or the lawyer … Continue reading
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Decoding The Defense Strategy Ecosystem
The defense strategy ecosystem has its own version of the oil-geopolitics network. A relatively small set of analysts translate between the Pentagon, think tanks, defense contractors, Congress, and the media. Their influence comes from sitting at institutional crossroads where strategy, … Continue reading
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