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John Boyd Didn't Understand Clausewitz
Part 1: Aims, Terrain, and the Superiority of the Defensive
 • Kiran Pfitzner
The Perverse Interest in Greenland
Proponents of Annexing Greenland Are Masking Their Fantasies in the Language of Strategy
 • Kiran Pfitzner
"Hybrid War" is a Red Herring
Understanding Russian Aggression and the Perils of Jargon
 • Kiran Pfitzner
Historical Imagination and Alternatives to the Schlieffen Plan
And Why It's Worth Remembering Yesterday's Tomorrow
 • Kiran Pfitzner
The Price of Incoherence on the International Stage
What happens when you don't understand alliances?
 • Kiran Pfitzner
In Defense of Taiwan: Attrition or Annihilation?
Stockpiles, Industry, and Battle and the Danger of Overcorrecting
 • Kiran Pfitzner
The Death of Conquest and the Costs of Incompetence
Supporting Ukraine as Signaling and Why Aggression Doesn't Pay
 • Kiran Pfitzner
The Struggle for Civilian Control in Bismarck's Germany
The Limits of the Military Profession Part 1: Prussia-Germany 1808-1871
 • Kiran Pfitzner and Secretary of Defense Rock
The Danger and Usefulness of the Russian Opposition
Russian dissidents may feed Western optimism about reconciliation, but they also present a path to victory for Ukraine
 • Kiran Pfitzner
The Invasion of Kursk, the Schlieffen Plan, and the Significance of Prisoners
The advantages of maneuver warfare and the fear of ordinary victories
 • Kiran Pfitzner
Realism and Reality — The Limitations of Theory
"Realists" have fallen into the same trap as French Generals before WWI
 • Kiran Pfitzner
The Myth of Military Logic
How "military necessity" became the key-stone of militarism
 • Kiran Pfitzner
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