Saturday, December 31, 2022

Reasons To Be Cheerful — Part 1

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The nature of human communication includes a temptation to focus on bad news. This is not a recent development, fostered by the internet and...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

When the Budget Decides the War: U.S. Defense Spending and the Korean Conflict

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The second half of 1949 and the first half of 1950 formed a twelve-month period of history which was a traumatic year for global peace and d...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Facing the Greatest Danger Without the Greatest Resources: Balancing the Korean Conflict with the Global Cold War

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Following WW2, the United States began to reduce the size of its armed forces. The number of men in the military was reduced. Spending on re...
Friday, August 12, 2022

Scaling Down: Preparing for Smaller Wars

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In January 1950, President Harry Truman requested the Department of State and the Department of Defense to jointly compose a document regard...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

The Best President Ever?

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On a regular basis, every few years, journalists will assemble a group of historians or political scientists and ask them to sort through th...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

The Role of Nationalism in History: Unclear

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Historians, politicians, and news media use the word ‘nationalism’ frequently. Although the term is often used with passion, its exact meani...
Saturday, July 23, 2022

When Good Advice Is Ignored: Economic Policy During the Ford Administration

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David Stockman was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1976 and took office in January 1977. Prior to that, he’d worked...