On Wars, without a subtitle, is Michael Mann’s latest contribution to a long and distinguished career as a professor of sociology on both sides of the Atlantic. He is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of California–Los Angeles. Most famous for the four-volume The Sources of Social Power, which was produced over decades, Mann has…
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H-Diplo | RJISSF Review Essay 100: Maurer on O’Hanlon, Military History for the Modern Strategist
Michael O’Hanlon is a much-respected analyst of foreign policy, national defense, and military strategy at the Brookings Institution.[2] In Military History for the Modern Strategist: America’s Major Wars Since 1861, he looks back at the major wars fought by the United States since 1861. He devotes a chapter to each case study: the Civil War;…
Review Essay 44 on Melvin Laird and the Foundation of the Post-Vietnam Military, 1969-1973
According to one of Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird’s successors, James Schlesinger, “The list of secretarial responsibilities is so imposing that no single individual can totally fulfill them all.”[2] Given the challenges inherent in the role, Laird was remarkably successful at establishing priorities for his tenure, attaining his key goals, and leaving office on his…