Today, as the United States once more finds itself in a situation of near-peer competition with China...
Dusty Shelves
Dusty Shelves is a recurring series in War Room that focuses on the thousands of artifacts—writings and objects—sitting on dusty shelves in libraries, museums, repositories, or trunks in attics. Some of them reinforce well-known and traveled stories, but others have unique tales to tell on their own. In an ever-evolving strategic environment, some of these older tales may now be very relevant.
Churchill, an avid painter, ‘saw the beauty and vitality of details, and their effect on larger strategic...
If we’re all being honest, what we’ve really missed while not traveling is the joy of capturing...
The historical profession in the mid-twentieth-century decisively shifted its focus to social and cultural frameworks, which seemingly...
Western nations have again become concerned about propaganda and disinformation due to the actions of the Chinese...
He was a competent but not flamboyant officer, commanding at an echelon that attracted little public attention...
Murray…highlights the German military’s failure as a whole to understand how the Industrial Revolution had transformed warfighting....
[King’s] autobiography is superb reading for those interested in leadership, and it contains two specific documents that...
For today and tomorrow, I think it can remind us of one tool that’s been tried for...
One of the things we’re trying to do is encourage people…to start talking about older books, older...
The jungle is the natural refuge of the weak. René Riesen, Jungle Mission In many military...
We are looking for new and updated looks at old books, articles, chapters, speeches, conference panels, curriculum,...
Pigeons were treated with very high regard in the military … much like working dogs are today...
[COOK SAID,] ‘These faces. I didn’t get to know all their names. They joined my platoon, and...
[VON STEUBEN] WAS THE RIGHT MAN AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT TIME. In the next...
This is a hand receipt unlike any other. … Imagine instead of signing for an office key...
[PRESIDENT TRUMAN] WAS INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK AT AMERICA’S POSITION IN THE WORLD. In 1950, competition...
Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway assumed command of Eighth U.S. Army after it had been driven south...
Remembering the past is hard, not just because memories fade but because capturing the past in a...