Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat
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Not long ago I watched a remarkable film titled Only the Brave. Someone mentioned it online, and it’s a firefighting movie. I’m a sucker...
The US Navy vs. China’s PLAN: Who Wins a War At Sea? A few months back over at Bloomberg retired Admiral Jim Stavridis presents his take on...
What’s new in the Fourth Battle of the Atlantic? Over at Business Insider a few months back, Christopher Woody has the story of how NATO navies are working to...
Every now and again the idea that ultramodern technology will someday render the oceans and seas transparent—and expose submarine fleets to detection, tracking, and...
What do Russians want? Moscow seems to be going out of its way to keep its “near abroad”—Russian-speak for the erstwhile Soviet empire, in...
This week the Japan Times reported that Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has issued its latest biennial military strategy document. (The Times evidently laid...
There’s a mystique to battleships. Whenever inside-the-Beltway dwellers debate how to bulk up the U.S. Navy fleet, odds are sentimentalists will clamor to return...
Let’s face it. Imperial Japan stood next to no chance of winning a fight to the finish against the United States. Resolve and resources...
Playing what-if with history is always good sport and oftentimes enlightens. Change one variable that plausibly could have been changed, project the impact of...
As we afford our hallowed forebears the remembrance they deserve, let’s also try to learn from what transpired here eighty years ago, and see...