WW2

Evil in the Dock

The Nuremberg Trials began 80 years ago. It was an essential exercise of justice and the vindication of victims and proved the importance of rubbing one’s nose in it.

Dominance to Dilemma: The Rewards and Risks of Strategic Prioritization for 20th Century Britain and 21st Century America

America has much to learn from Britain’s attempts to strategically prioritize its military and economic assets in the 19th and 20th centuries

80 Years After VE Day, We Remember That Victory Is Rooted in Virtue

The victory in Europe was made possible by character, resolve, and capability of the Allied warrior. Such virtues were needed then. They are needed still.

The Death of Deterrence

If the West allows the credible threat of deterrence to die with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, only more violence will ensue in the long run

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People Were Not Directly In the Atomic Crosshairs

We can rightly regret the necessity of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But their primary purpose was never the killing of large numbers of civilians.