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Building Resistance: How John Steinbeck’s "The Moon Is Down" Shaped WWII Resistance
Lessons for Modern Special Operations  STRATEGY CENTRAL For and By Practitioners By Monte Erfourth - March 23, 2025  Introduction In...

Chamberlain’s Appeasement is Not Trump’s Strategy: Echoes of 1938 Munich in U.S.-Russia Relations
Trump’s foreign policy will stand a high chance of mirroring Chamberlain for the outcome, a peace to end all peace.


Martin Luther King Jr.'s Strategy for Social Change
MLK strategy to build a coalition capable of confronting economic and social injustice.

Irregular Warfare Lessons From the Cold War
Shadows of Cold War irregular warfare are visible in modern great power competition.

Forging the Offensive
U.S. Strategy from 7 December 1941 to 1942.


Mao's Mastery of Irregular Warfare: Lessons from the Revolution
China's foundation was built through a series of calculated, asymmetric maneuvers, a style of warfare that Mao Zedong perfected.

Sitting Bull’s Strategy of Resilience: Lessons from Lakota Resistance to Modern Asymmetric Warfare
Sitting Bull’s strategy was a defensive, protective resistance philosophy, rather than an ideological and aggressive approach like Hamas.


Johnny Micheal Spann: A Legacy of Courage in Clandestine Service
Johnny Micheal "Mike" Spann was the first American killed in combat in the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, serving as a CIA paramilitary.


Thieves and Close Quarter Killers: Marine Scout Snipers in WWII
The idea of having scout snipers as a separate unit from the regular infantry formations was novel for Marines.


Operation Neptune Spear: The Most Important American Special Operation
Operation Neptune Spear was a high-watermark moment in the history of U.S. special operations.

The Green Beret Affair:
The Green Beret Affair explores the complex ethical dilemmas faced by military personnel involved in covert operations during the Vietnam.


The Gallant Sea Fighters of World War II
The crew of PT-134, like many others who served on these small boats, were ordinary men thrust into extraordinary circumstances.


Tactical Brilliance, Strategic Blindness
This article will examine the U.S. COIN efforts in Iraq from late 2006 to 2011.


Fallujah's Crucible: Strategic and Operational Insights in Urban Warfare
Both battles of Fallujah teach that in modern warfare, winning the peace is as important as winning the war.


The Man Behind Operation Overlord
Lieutenant General Morgan's primary task was to create a plan that the inter-allied Combined Chiefs of Staff would approve.


Putin's Nuclear Gamble (How Did That Work Out For Khrushchev?)
Putin threatens to conduct training for tactical nuclear forces on Ukraine's border. History shows that this may not go the way he thinks.


2005-2006 Peace and War for Israel
2005-2006 Second Lebanon War. This pivotal span of two years shaped Hezbollah and Hamas, and set the trajectory for today's conflict.


Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa is the focus of strategic analysis. The article was written by a human and graded by AI using Clausewitzian theory.


The Six Day War: Preemption That Saved a Nation
In the lead-up to the Six-Day War in June 1967, tensions between Israel and Egypt escalated significantly. Israel had declared that any...


The New Guinea Campaign of World War II
STRATEGY CENTRAL - HISTORY FILES The New Guinea campaign of World War II was a significant military operation that lasted from January...
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