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When the U.S. Could Have Conquered the World—And Didn’t
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (832+ words) American principle in World War II. One of the more head-scratching facts about World War II is this: The United States responded to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor by sending more than 5 million troops to Europe. It is counterintuitive, at…...
A Better Way to Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (1159+ words) A Better Way to Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki'The Dispatch A Better Way to Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki The case of the two bombings is more nuanced than many Americans are led to believe. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade…...
How the Navy Prepared to Fight the Japanese Empire
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1503+ words) The U.S. military viewed a Pacific war as a possibility years before Pearl Harbor and gamed out how to wage it. How the Navy Prepared to Fight the Japanese Empire The U.S. military viewed a Pacific war as a possibility years before…...
Echoes of the America Between the Wars
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1398+ words) In the aftermath of World War I, the U.S. reframed its role in the world and how it used military force. Similar strains of isolationism exist today. Echoes of the America Between the Wars A century ago, some of the same…...
It Could Have Been a Wonderful Life
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (774+ words) George Bailey has a terrifying vision of his own personal dystopia; Jack Campbell has a vision of his own family paradise. It Could Have Been a Wonderful Life Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. If…...
The Men of the 20th Century Lost the Plot | Interview: Andrew Lambert
4+ mon, 2+ hour ago (147+ words) Fact-based reporting and analysis on politics, policy, and culture'informed by conservative principles. The Men of the 20th Century Lost the Plot | Interview: Andrew Lambert Jonah Goldberg invites the greatest naval historian of our time, Andrew Lambert, aboard the H.M.S. Remnant (The Dispatch's…...
Barbarians at the Gate | Interview: Allen C. Guelzo
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (250+ words) Fact-based reporting and analysis on politics, policy, and culture'informed by conservative principles. Barbarians at the Gate | Interview: Allen C. Guelzo Historian Allen C. Guelzo joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss his new book, The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume…...
Elizabeth Anscombe and the Bomb
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (977+ words) Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. In the leadup to the celebration, however, there was one vocal dissenter. Except Anscombe wasn't referring to abortion or euthanasia when she wrote those words (though they reflect her…...
America’s Most Successful Defeat
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1164+ words) Thomas Sheppard teaches War Studies at the Marine Corps University Command and Staff College. The opinions expressed here are entirely his own, and should not be attributed to any government actor or agency. America's Most Successful Defeat Remembering the Battle…...
Why We Will Continue to Fight
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (1319+ words) Mike Nelson is a retired Army Special Forces officer and a member of the Atlantic Council's Counterterrorism Project. He is formerly of the Institute for the Study of War and the National Security Institute. You can find him on x.com…...