"Controlling escalation is an illusion. It was an illusion during the period of the Cold War, when, fortunately, the reality of controlling nuclear escalation between the super powers never presented itself. Unfortunately, today the reality of attempting to control escalation re…
During combat, soldiers make critical split-second choices about matters of life and death dozens of times a day. These individual decisions accumulate to determine the outcome of wars. In this book, Marcus Schulzke examines the theory and practice of how military ethics can gui…
As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Michael Collins developed a bold, new strategy to use against the British administration of Ireland in the early twentieth century. His goal was to attack its well-established system of spies…
As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Michael Collins developed a bold, new strategy to use against the British administration of Ireland in the early twentieth century. His goal was to attack its well-established system of spies…
Historical antecedents -- The development and implementation of US counterinsurgency strategy in El Salvador and Latin America, circa 1961-1979 -- The Reagan administration enters the maelstrom, 1981-1994 -- Chasing victory, 1984-1988 -- Terminating the bloodletting, 1989-1992 -…
