What would Churchill have done about Afghanistan?
Author and historian Carlo D'Este examines what a difference someone like Winston Churchill might make in dealing with these difficult times.
Read MoreTactics 101 069 – Noncombatant Evacuation Operations
An overview of Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, or NEO, is covered in this installment of Tactics 101, a continuing monthly series on Armchair General.
Read MoreJapanese Intelligence Successes in World War II
This article focuses on Japanese intelligence service successes during World War II, including the amazingly simple method they employed to break US Army Air Force (USAAF) codes that were used in Burma and China.
Read MoreGerman Intelligence Successes in World War II
Spectacular Allied intelligence breakthroughs in WWII have overshadowed Axis intel successes. German successes are examined in this first part of a two-part series about Axis intelligence operations.
Read MoreRalph Peters: Our New, Old Defense Strategy: President Obama Resurrects Early Rumsfeld-era Priorities
Ralph Peters analyzes President Obama's recently announced new defense plan and its ramifications on the future of U.S. security.
Read MoreJourney To Obsolescence: The Army Air Corps Lighter-Than-Air Branch – Part 2
This is the second installment of Neal Creighton's Journey To Obsolescence: The Army Air Corps Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Branch 1917 - 1937.
Read MoreTactics 101 068 – Task Organization
Armchair General's continuing monthly series Tactics 101 examines task organization, one of the most important actions during the planning process.
Read MoreUnder the Yankee Fist: The Wartime Diary of James Rumley
Fifty-year-old James Rumley kept a diary of life in Beaufort, North Carolina, during its occupation by Union troops in the Civil War, 1862 - 1865.
Read MoreDonald D. Blackburn: Guerrilla Leader and Special Forces Hero
Donald D. Blackburn formed a guerrilla force in the Philippines to harass the Japanese occupiers. Years later, he spearheaded Operation White Star in Laos and planned the Son Tay rescue mission.
Read MoreTactics 101 067 – Decisions and the Decision Support Template
Timely decisions are critical on the battlefield. This month's installment of Tactics 101 explains how the Decision Support Template can help commanders make timely and anticipated decisions.
Read MoreRalph Peters: Twilight of the Drones – Recent Loss of RQ 170 In Iran a Possible Game-changer
Author Ralph Peters examines how the recent loss of an RQ 170 Spy Drone in Iran is a possible game-changer for the U.S. and its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Fleet.
Read MoreHow Not to Fight a War: Sino-Indian War of 1962
India's prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru misjudged both his nation's military capability and the determination of China's premier Zhou Enlai, precipitating the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
Read MoreTactics 101 066 – The Matrix Operations Order
This installment of Armchair General's monthly series Tactics 101 focuses on the matrix form–style for writing an operations order.
Read MoreRalph Peters Exclusive: Bomb Iran’s Nukes? Then What? A War, Not Just Surgical Strikes
Author Ralph Peters examines the global consequences of an Israeli attack against Iran’s nuclear-weapons facilities in this Armchair General exclusive.
Read MoreJourney To Obsolescence: The Army Air Corps Lighter-Than-Air Branch – Part 1
This is the first part of a three-part series on the U.S. Army Air Corps Lighter-Than-Air Branch by retired Maj. Gen. Neal Creighton.
Read MoreTactics 101-065: Rehearsals, Part 2
Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series, looks at part two of rehearsals for military actions.
Read MoreRalph Peters: ‘Stupidity Isn’t a Strategy’ – Five War on Terror Lies
Strategist Ralph Peters examines what he calls the "'big five' terror-age lies we hear repeated endlessly."
Read MoreNational Museum of the Pacific War – A Photo Essay
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a phenomenal mix of great artifacts and state-of-the-art electronics, as shown in this photo essay.
Read MoreTactics 101 064 – Rehearsals
Rehearsals for combat missions can be a tremendous asset or a colossal waste of time and can cause more harm than good; Tactics 101, the continuing monthly series from Armchair General, examines the good, the bad and the ugly in rehearsals.
Read MoreSavvy Strike in Kabul: Underestimating the Taliban – Again – by Ralph Peters
By our narrow military standards, the Taliban are incompetent. But on their own turf, pursuing their own strategic goals, they’re canny, ruthless survivors. On Sept. 13, 2011, a handful of Taliban managed to paralyze Kabul - again.
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