Author: John Spencer

Can Videogames like “Call of Duty” Help us Win Future Wars?

Lionel Beehner and John Spencer | 01.05.18 | Commentary & Analysis

Millennials can now storm the beaches of Normandy and fight Nazis with a new level of realism....

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How Drone Swarms Could Change Urban Warfare

John Spencer | 12.12.17 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project

For the first time since the Korean War, the U.S. military has to worry about enemy bombs dropping...

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War Books, Special Audiobook Edition: Max Brooks and Maj. John Spencer

Max Brooks and John Spencer | 11.20.17 | War Books

Editor’s note: War Books is a weekly MWI series, in which we ask interesting...

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How the Military is Making it Hard to Remember our Wars

John Spencer | 11.12.17 | Commentary & Analysis

I often wonder what people will say about the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan decades from now. What...

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A Better Approach to Urban Operations: Treat Cities like Human Bodies

John Spencer and John Amble | 09.13.17 | Commentary & Analysis, Urban Warfare Project

Mosul has been wrested from the three-year-old grasp of ISIS. In Raqqa, the cityscape is one of...

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