Author: M. L. Cavanaugh

What the Long Gray Line is Made Of

M. L. Cavanaugh | 05.26.17 | Commentary & Analysis

On Saturday, over 950 cadets will graduate from West Point, receive diplomas, earn their...

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Thinking Through a North Korean “Downfall”

M. L. Cavanaugh | 04.19.17 | Commentary & Analysis

He did it. Kim Jong Un defied the world, again. Despite the American warships, despite the Chinese...

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Ten Takeaways from the Korean Theater of Operations and a Warfighter’s Way Forward

M. L. Cavanaugh | 03.31.17 | Commentary & Analysis

You know there’s a national security problem brewing when in the space of seven weeks, the...

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The Five Fatal Challenges of Warfighting in Korea

M. L. Cavanaugh | 03.14.17 | Commentary & Analysis

North Korea’s aggressively destabilizing behavior has hit the headlines again, this time several...

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What the Profession of Arms Can Take from Michael Flynn’s Example

M. L. Cavanaugh | 02.16.17 | Commentary & Analysis

I would never actively cheer an administrational death, but, paraphrasing Clarence Darrow, I did...

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