On August 7, 1998, three years before President George W. Bush declared the War on Terror, the radical Islamist group al-Qaeda bombed the American embassy in … Continue reading Twenty years after the bombing, former Ambassador Bushnell shares what happened
The following is an excerpt from Operation Kinetic: Stabilizing Kosovo by Sean M. Maloney (July 2018). On the sweltering night of 12 June 1999, Canadian Coyote reconnaissance vehicles pulled out of the Krivolak training area south of Skopje, Macedonia, and headed for … Continue reading EXCERPT: Operation Kinetic
The following is an excerpt from Tough Sell: Fighting the Media War in Iraq (May 2017) by Tom Basile. Basile is a Forbes opinion contributor, national political commentator, radio host, a faculty member of Fordham University, and principal of the New York–based strategic communications … Continue reading Excerpt: Tough Sell
Professor Brian Glyn Williams is author of Predators: The CIA’s Drone War on Al Qaeda (Potomac Books, 2013). He worked for the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center and Information Operations team in Afghanistan. 5 Things You Should Know about the CIA’s “Robotic” Drone … Continue reading From the desk of Brian Glyn Williams: 5 Things You Should Know about the CIA’s “Robotic” Drone Assassination Campaign
An excerpt from The Role and Limitations of Technology in U.S. Counterinsurgency Warfare by Richard W. Rubright, forthcoming February 2015 from Potomac Books. 3 Limits of Politically Correct Doctrine The Melians: You may be sure that we are … Continue reading Excerpt: The Role and Limitations of Technology in U.S. Counterinsurgency Warfare
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