Milstack Saturday (4 January 2025)
The best articles on military subjects I read (or watched) in the past week
In the The Purposes of an Army, Robert Lyman used three short case studies to explore the role played by wholly military considerations in some of the great events of the last century.
In The Big Happening, Big Serge provides a comprehensive tour d’horizon of the situation in Syria and how it got that way.
In CRS Report on the LSM, Marine Corps Compass Points mops the floor swabs the deck with the scheme to base strand static missile units on islands in the Pacific.
In Middle-Tier Technology: An Invisible Bottleneck, The Bazaar of War contends that official neglect of things like the ability to cross rivers, jam radios, build forts, and clear minefields creates opportunities for condottieri private military companies.
Beyond the boundaries of Substack, History Legends provides a comprehensive answer to the question: Why Are So Many Ukrainian Soldiers Deserting
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