Scott Gunn with “#Reviewing the Air Force Way of War,” a recent book from Brian Laslie

“[Laslie] …weaves together an intricate history of the causal connections among failures in the skies over Vietnam, revolutions in training and operational preparation of the United States Air Force (USAF) that led to the creation of Red Flag, and the service’s resultant wartime successes of the last three decades.”

Pauline Shanks-Kaurin with “Perfection, Moral Clarity, and Impossible Expectations”

“In a way, it was an epic, movie-like presentation of American military and political triumphalism that was moment by successful moment erasing the imagery of the Vietnam War and its perceived failures.”

“It looked exactly as I imagined that modern war in the computer age ought to look, narrated by a young, cool guy named Wolf.”

Ben Hernandez asked “Is Russia’s Maritime Strategy Adrift?”

“The Russian defense industry has always had a flair for the dramatic. The Soviet military-industrial complex carried so much sway in the Politburo that at times, it operated with little oversight from the General Secretary.1 It produced wonder weapons and prestige platforms with little regard for their cost and strategic value.”