Walking the Modern Battlefield: Urban Warfare Lessons from the 2008 Mumbai Attacks
Over 100 years ago, during the summer of 1919, dozens of members of that year’s West Point...
Read MoreJohn Spencer and Liam Collins | 11.18.19 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project
Over 100 years ago, during the summer of 1919, dozens of members of that year’s West Point...
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 10.09.19 | Commentary & Analysis
“We lost almost the entire patrol,” said the lieutenant. “It was horrific.” “We walked right into...
Read MoreJohn Spencer and Liam Collins | 08.26.19 | Commentary & Analysis
On May 8, 2014, about three years into Syria’s civil war, anti-government forces prepared...
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 07.17.19 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project
Last month former Staff Sgt. David G. Bellavia became the Iraq War’s first living Medal of Honor...
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 06.24.19 | War Books
Editor’s note: Each week, we ask a practitioner, scholar, or observer of war to list the top...
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