Irregular Soldiers and Rebellious States
With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq seemingly drawing down, and with new calls to focus on the threats...
A nation must think before it acts.
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The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House
In 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA....
We Are Losing
On December 12th, the Jamestown Foundation held the organization’s annual terrorism conference. During the first panel, a member of...
Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea
When Ronald Reagan took office in January 1981, the United States and NATO were losing the Cold War. The...
Spain Betrayed: The Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War has long been the stuff of legend. Thousands of brave young men from all over...
Storm of Steel: The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Union, 1919–1939
In this fascinating account of the battle tanks that saw combat in the European Theater of World War II,...
Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror
After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians...
Decisive Force: The New American Way of War
The existence of a national style of warfare, an American Way of War, has been used to characterize fundamental...
After Clausewitz: German Military Thinkers Before the Great War
The writings of Carl von Clausewitz loom so large in the annals of military theory that they obscure the...
Clausewitz and Contemporary War
While many scholars agree that Clausewitz’s On War is frequently misunderstood, almost none have explored his methodology to see whether it...