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Book review: Mark Moyar’s A Question of Command » David H. Ucko

The latest issue of the Journal of Military History contains, among a great many things, a review I wrote of Mark Moyar‘s latest book, A…

Dec 14, 2018

Book review: Mark Moyar’s A Question of Command » David H. Ucko

Dec 14, 2018

David H. Ucko

A moral imperative: sexual violence and the limits of national security

Last week, John Kerry and William Hague, the foreign ministers of the US and the UK, met to discuss the scourge of sexual violence. Their…

Mar 3, 2014

A moral imperative: sexual violence and the limits of national security

Mar 3, 2014

David H. Ucko

Did CT Kill COIN? — Perspectives on the Special Forces Raids

James Kitfield, author of the classic text Prodigal Soldiers, has penned an interesting ‘five takeaways’ article about the two US Special…

Oct 9, 2013

Oct 9, 2013

David H. Ucko

Talking with the Taliban: A New ICSR Report

Last week I attended an event at the New America Foundation where Ryan Evans, Peter Neumann and Ambassador Omar Samad presented the new…

Jul 15, 2013

Jul 15, 2013

David H. Ucko

The secret legality of drone strikes

US drone strikes are the new Guantanamo — a focal point for all those railing against America and the excesses of its War on Terror efforts…

Mar 6, 2013

Mar 6, 2013

David H. Ucko

‘Muslim Patrol’ as provocation strategy?

Many of our UK-based readers will be familiar with the so-called Muslim Patrol videos posted online earlier this month. The videos feature…

Feb 4, 2013

Feb 4, 2013

David H. Ucko

Finding a raw nerve, striking it, and liking it

There is not much to be said about the ‘Innocence of Muslims’ trailer — and the reaction to it in several Muslim-majority countries — that…

Sep 19, 2012

Sep 19, 2012

David H. Ucko

Sri Lanka’s ‘illiberal peace’: implications for Western influence

The Washington Post has a very interesting article on Sri Lanka’s apparent slide ‘toward dictatorship’. Since the military defeat of the…

Jul 14, 2012

Jul 14, 2012

David H. Ucko

Exhumed and abused: the sorry fate of the Malayan Emergency

The Malayan Emergency is back in the news — again. And once again, bloggers and pundits are invoking this British campaign from the 1950s…

Apr 18, 2012

Apr 18, 2012

David H. Ucko

What to make of Hamas?

As reported in recent days, Hamas this week announced a shift in its ‘emphasis from armed struggle to non-violent resistance‘. This…

Dec 24, 2011

Dec 24, 2011

David H. Ucko

David H. Ucko

Professor; Chair, War & Conflict Studies Department; Director, Regional Defense Fellowship Program, College of International Security Affairs (CISA), NDU

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