Category · 4 posts
Doctrine
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October 7, 2025
Understanding Battle Strategies Through History
A survey of military strategy across eras — from phalanx and siege to cyber warfare — and the timeless principles that connect them.
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January 9, 2025
Vietnam's 'Search and Destroy' Tactics: A Critical Reflection
Westmoreland's attrition strategy proved air mobility doctrine — and not much else. A critical look at why search-and-destroy failed strategically and corroded American morale.
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December 24, 2024
Wild Weasels in Vietnam: Suppressing Enemy Air Defenses
How the U.S. Air Force and Navy invented modern SEAD doctrine in the deadliest skies of the Cold War — the aircraft, the missiles, the cat-and-mouse against Soviet SAMs.
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July 9, 2024
The Schlieffen Delusion
Schlieffen's plan to knock France out in a month and pivot to Russia ignored the enemy's vote, the logistics, and the leadership it would need. The chain of failures that started the Great War.