Links to other writings on history and strategy.

The Civil War and Its Place in Military History

with Lorien Foote, Megan Bever, Eric Michael Burke, Le’trice Donaldson, Shane Makowicki, Jennifer Murray, and Susannah Ural

Journal of the Civil War Era

March 2025

Tiger Traps: The Defense Planning Conundrum

Emergent Defense

Winter 2024

Knowing Is Half the Battle: Organising Expertise for All-Domain Operations

Ares & Athena: The Occasional Papers of the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research

July 2024

John Wayne at His Writing Desk: Lessons from the Origins of the Army’s Professional Journals

Modern War Institute

26 February 2024

The Arctic Dilemma: Force Generation Considerations for Land Forces

International Competition in the High North: Kingston Conference on International Security 2022 (edited by Michael E. Lynch and Howard G. Coombs)

January 2024

Reviewing Military History for the Modern Strategist

Strategy Bridge

4 October 2023

U.S. Army Reforms in the Progressive Era

Parameters

Spring 2021

Striking the Balance: U.S. Army Force Posture in Europe, 2028

U.S. Army War College Press

june 2020

Practical Strategists: The Perspective and Craft of the General Staff Officer

On Strategy: A Primer (edited by Nathan K. Finney)

15 June 2020

Chasing the Delta: A Pitfall of the Military’s “Can-do” Ethos

War Room

1 august 2019

“Good Allies”: International Perspectives on Afghanistan

War Room

29 march 2019

Military Operations and the Defense Department

Oxford Handbook of U.S. National Security

2018

We Want It, What Is It?: Unpacking Civilian Control of the Military

Strategy Bridge

4 april 2017

In Defense of a Big Idea for Joint Warfighting

War on the Rocks

22 December 2016

Organizational Change and Adaptation in the U.S. Army

Parameters

autumn 2016

Thinking and Codifying: The U.S. Army Operating Concept and Army Warfighting Challenges

The Three Swords

issue 30 2016

Win in a Complex World: An Examination of the U.S. Army Operating Concept

British Army Review

Autumn 2015

Army #Operating Concept and Allies

Strategy Bridge

15 October 2014

The Missed Opportunity: A Critique of ADP 3-0, Unified Land Operations

Military Review

July-August 2012

The Challenges of Uncertainty: Forging an Adaptable Army for an Unpredictable World

Strategos

Fall 2012

A Lieutenant's Plea to Company Commanders

Armor

November/December 1999