The United States has focused so closely on conventional warfare in all its forms–land, sea, and air–that it has trouble when forms of warfare that are resolutely unconventional crop up. A… more →
silbey.netsilbey wrote 10 months ago: The United States has focused so closely on conventional warfare in all its forms–land, sea, a … more →
silbey wrote 10 months ago: It is a commonplace of analysis–historical and otherwise–to suggest that militaries figh … more →
silbey wrote 10 months ago: Suicide rates in the military have jumped over the past few years. The Army has seen the highest rat … more →
silbey wrote 1 year ago: Part I (Army),here Part II (Air Force) here The services remain largely stuck in their efforts to tr … more →
silbey wrote 1 year ago: Part I (Army),here The United States Air Force has been the poster child for avoiding the cold war t … more →
silbey wrote 1 year ago: Historical Background Much of the conflict between Russia and Georgia can be explained by looking at … more →
silbey wrote 1 year ago: Is an attack on Iran about to happen? A Seymour Hersh article in the New Yorker has spurred a ground … more →
silbey wrote 1 year ago: This is a very strange op-ed. Benny Morris, an Israeli historian, essentially argues that unless the … more →
silbey wrote 1 year ago: And so the blowback against Petraeus and counterinsurgency in general continues. See here for a good … more →
silbey wrote 1 year ago: The incident in the Persian Gulf between Iran and the United States last week has tended to be analy … more →
silbey wrote 1 year ago: Perhaps the most urgent lesson of any war is exactly the need to learn from the conflict. Combat is … more →