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Max Brooks and John Spencer | 08.13.18 | War Books
Editor’s note: War Books is a weekly MWI series, in which we ask interesting...
Read MoreClaudia ElDib and John Spencer | 08.07.18 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project
Large, dense urban areas are both the engines of our economic prosperity and the locus of future...
Read MoreJohn Amble and John Spencer | 05.22.18 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project
In 2001, when U.S.-backed Afghan fighters forced the Taliban out of Kabul, the capture of the city...
Read MoreJohn Spencer | 04.30.18 | Urban Warfare Project, War Books
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Read MoreMargarita Konaev and John Spencer | 03.22.18 | Commentary & Analysis
Aleppo. Mosul. Sana’a. Mogadishu. Gaza. These war-ravaged cities are but a few examples of a...
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