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Synopsis: Chester W. Nimitz went from Fredericksburg, Texas, to the top of the Navy by pairing technical mastery with calm command presence. -A standout...
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Synopsis: Chester W. Nimitz went from Fredericksburg, Texas, to the top of the Navy by pairing technical mastery with calm command presence. -A standout...
Key Points and Summary – The Trump-class battleship proposal would bring back U.S. battlewagons in a very different form: smaller than the Iowas but...
Key Points and Summary – This piece explores whether Donald Trump’s proposed Trump-class battleships make more sense as high-end battlefield sensors than as traditional...
Key Points and Summary – The F-22 Raptor is widely regarded as the world’s premier air-superiority fighter, yet the U.S. will never build more...
Missouri is nicknamed “The Show-Me State” (along the way inspiring the name of a sports bar & grill that’s a regional competitor with Hooters),...
Key Points and Summary – The Iowa-class battleships were the greatest gun platforms ever to sail, but on paper their planned successors—the Montana-class—were even...
Key Points and Summary – Benjamin Franklin’s famous line, “There never was a good war or a bad peace,” reveals a man skeptical of...
Key Points and Summary – Dwight D. Eisenhower’s life reads like a manual for modern leadership. Raised in Abilene, Kansas, he fought through early...
Key Points and Summary – H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the son of a U.S. major general and New Jersey state police founder, was steeped in...
Key Points and Summary – The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was the compact Cold War attack jet that did everything. Designed as a lightweight successor...