The United States has no Single Way of War This is a historiography for the masses article In his landmark book, The American Way of War, Russell Weigley argues that there is, in fact, a distinctly American method of waging war. Weigley examines American strategic thought and finds a strategic culture predicated on pursuing war through Hans…
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Is the United States an Empire?
Lets see what these prominent historians think Despite national myth to the contrary, during the long 19th century the United States engaged in imperial expansion. American imperial ambitions manifest themselves in expanding across the North American continent, obtaining overseas holdings, and influencing other nation-states through economic or military action. From its earliest westward expansion shortly…
Is There a Western Way of War?
In this article I introduce the debate over a Western Way of War and some of the key works that have driven the discussion. In twin books, The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece and Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power the eminent historian Victor Davis Hanson argued that that several…
My Favorite Books of 2023
My top five books of 2023 My reading slowed this year as I finished my dissertation and started my job as a historian with the army. I hope to pick it up in 2024, but I only got through 30 books this year. At any rate, these were my favorite books that I read in…