Fewer and fewer major universities promote world-class military history. James Jay Carafano Nov 22 Rare exception to the rule, The Ohio State University world-class military history program Knowledge, critical thinking and prudent judgment are as … [Read more...]
Can Ukraine Take Crimea?
James Jay Carafano Nov 22 Ukrainian counteroffensive continues to liberate territory (Image Ukrainian World Congress) Update 11/23/2022 We feel obligated to update the important stories we report on. Air Attacks. We noted one of the great vulnerabilities … [Read more...]
Best Worst Defeats in U.S. Military History Winning and losing battles are still an important part of war.
James Jay Carafano 19 hr ago Americans retreating after the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir (1950) Defeat can be an integral instrument of victory. War is a competition between thinking, scheming, determined adversaries. Gaining a decisive advantage over the enemy … [Read more...]
Why Empires Rise and Fall. One renowned military expert has an answer.
James Jay Carafano 18 hr ago Napoleon’s disastrous retreat from Moscow (1812) There is, of course, no pat formula for how to avoid plunging over the cliff to defeat. That said, here is one thing you need to remember. Clausewitz’s “culminating point” should serve … [Read more...]
Secret Reason Why America Wins We win when American warriors retain the old GI’s capacity to innovate and adapt.
James Jay Carafano 19 hr ago The genius of the American G.I. in battle was more that brute force and bayonets. Sure Americans lose battles and wars. We have written about that before. When we do win, from the age of the American Revolution to today, it is … [Read more...]
How Cultural Marxism Threatens Us. After the Cold War, many thought communism had been defeated–wrong.
James Jay Carafano Nov 15 Karl Marx (1818-1883), author of the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital, he’s back. Voices across the American left, masking their goals under the pretense of social justice, our out to dismantle the foundations of the American … [Read more...]
Welcome to My Monster List of Movie Lists. Sharing the passion for what cinema says about us.
James Jay Carafano 13 hr ago George C. Scott in Dr. Strangelove, (1964) You will never be bored if you bookmark this page. Listing for you all the movie lists I have authored over the years. Here are endless hours of cinema sensation. Lights! Camera! … [Read more...]
Even Bad Military History Can Be Good. When historians botch the job, it’s not a total loss.
James Jay Carafano Nov 15 Why the capture of a Russian T-90M tank matters (The Economist) Something good can be drawn from even the worst military history. A skeptical reading of the past sharpens critical thinking skills, like how to pick out between really good and really bad military … [Read more...]
Most Shameful Moment in Military History America has had its ups and downs. This was the lowest point.
James Jay Carafano Nov 13 Private Felix Longoria, killed in action 1945 We love America. Its big and beautiful. But, like all human communities, the USA is a community of humans and humans, even the best of us, are imperfect. We never do everything … [Read more...]
When Latvia Went to War Latvian soldiers shared the harrowing trials of a contemporary American Alamo.
James Jay Carafano Nov 13 U.S. troops at COP Keating, 2009 (Photo 1st Lt. Brad Larson) There is not a lot of Latvian military history. The armed forces were formed in 1918 after the establishment of the independent nation, fighting bravely during the War … [Read more...]