Letter From Military History – November 2016
The figurative "fog of war" — e.g., poor communications, inept training and leadership, mass panic — is often a decisive factor in the course of military operations
Letter From Military History – September 2016
America venerates its war dead by recovering and identifying remains, respectfully interring those remains and honoring our service members' sacrifice
Letter From Military History – July 2016
Motivations both sacred and profane drive the human tendency toward warfare
Letter From Military History – May 2016
Where the power resides in a military force is paramount
Letter From Military History – January 2016
No great nation leaves its missing or dead behind
Letter From Military History – November 2015
Withdrawal or retreat? Commanders through the ages have decided to their army's betterment or destruction
Letter From Military History – September 2015
War is the realm of uncertainty
Letter From Military History – July 2015
Nations that revel in the conduct of war for its own sake seldom survive.
Letter From Military History – May 2015
The determining factors in the outcome of warfare are as varied as the root causes themselves. But determination to see it through, to vanquish one's enemy, is paramount.
Letter From Military History – March 2015
In exploring the root of human conflict throughout history one cannot ignore the power of belief in a nation's or an individual's particular cause.
Letter From Military History – January 2015
How often does human conflict, absent more compelling causes, stem from simple cultural misunderstanding?
Letter From Military History – November 2014
The study of military history is useful in many regards, as long as we don't lose sight of the fact that war, in the end, is about killing people and destroying things.
Letter From Military History – September 2014
Warfare is often predicated on unwavering belief in the spiritual or political righteousness of one's individual cause.
Letter From Military History – July 2014
Successful military operations depend on thorough planning and fall apart under poorly reasoned assumptions
Letter From Military History – May 2014
The eyewitness accounts and images from wars past offer insight into the the hows and whys of human conflict.
