Panel: First Gulf War Proved the Value of the Reserve Force, Destructive Power of Simple Weapons
Key to the success of the first Gulf War was extensive use of reservists — like Seabees and intelligence —…
Essay: Strategies That Matter — One Size Fits None
Airpower advocates exited the Gulf War trumpeting an unambiguous victory for airpower—and they were right. The air campaign against Iraq…
Essay: Strategies That Matter – Why Targets That Matter, Don’t
In 1954, U.S. Representative W. Sterling Cole, chairman of the Joint Atomic Energy Committee, announced what had been suspected: that…