Milstack Saturday

31 January 2026

Elizabeth Thompson The Defense of Rorke’s Drift, January 22,1879 (1880)

Leyla Gallia Incognita tells tales of Vauban: The Man Who Tried to Think Like a Cannonball. (Can you tell me, Madame Incognita, how to say ‘nom de plume’ in French?)

Kyla Haas provides a précis of the new US National Defense Strategy.

Noah Gairn, of the True North Strategic Review, offers a Canadian point de vue on the same document.

David Roman files the famous ‘Thucydides trap’ in a folder marked cliché.

Sean Kelleher reminds us that, prior to infamous volte face, Benedict Arnold played a key role in the turning point of the American War of Independence.

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