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Dead Carl Lives! - Why Clausewitz Endures
Reading and understanding Clausewitz is worth your time
Dec 11, 2024
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Crimes in the Caribbean and the Definition of War
"Absolute suffering would not be warfare"
Dec 10, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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Clausewitz on Hegseth and the "Lethality" Obsession
The "Absolute Destruction" of America's Military
Oct 1, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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Historical Imagination and Alternatives to the Schlieffen Plan
And Why It's Worth Remembering Yesterday's Tomorrow
Sep 26, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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The Price of Incoherence on the International Stage
What happens when you don't understand alliances?
Aug 23, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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No One Should Have Been Surprised By Russia's Defeat in Ukraine
Jan 7, 2023
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Clausewitz on Hegseth and the "Lethality" Obsession
Oct 1, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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Historical Imagination and Alternatives to the Schlieffen Plan
Sep 26, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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The Myth of Military Logic
Jun 28, 2024
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Kiran Pfitzner
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Gods and Mortals: Building a Universal Theory of War
Explaining Prussia's defeat and Russia's triumph over Napoleon
Jul 9, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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In Defense of Taiwan: Attrition or Annihilation?
Stockpiles, Industry, and Battle and the Danger of Overcorrecting
May 14, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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When Pogroms Returned to Eastern Europe
"They dragged the women and children out by their hair"
Published on Casus Belli: Ukraine 2014
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Apr 21, 2025
A Modest Proposal For Restoring the Warrior Ethos
Signalgate and How the Secretary of Defense Can Preserve His Honor
Apr 1, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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What will it take to end the war in Ukraine?
When and how will the war end? Here's what Clausewitz tells us:
Published on Dead Carl and You
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Mar 19, 2025
The Death of Conquest and the Costs of Incompetence
Supporting Ukraine as Signaling and Why Aggression Doesn't Pay
Mar 6, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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The Stars and Stripes Forever - A Call to Sincere Citizenship
As we speak, great crimes are being perpetrated against our nation.
Published on Sincere Citizenship
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Feb 12, 2025
Did German Industry Want a War in 1914?
The case of Hugo Stinnes shows they did not and exposes the weakness of a materialist explanation for the conflict
Jan 15, 2025
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Kiran Pfitzner
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The Anatomy of a Coup: July 20th and January 6th
What Made Jan 6th a Coup, and Why it Failed
Oct 31, 2024
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Kiran Pfitzner
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