The two most influential sea power theorists on twentieth-century naval warfare are Alfred Thayer Mahan and Julian S. Corbett. One American, and one British, each heavily influenced the nature of their country’s naval forces in the two world wars. Mahan’s ideas preceded Corbett by two decades. Each, however, argued for the need to control sea…
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What It’s Like To Go To College In Your 30s
The timing was perfect for me Entering college in my mid 30s was been quite the experience. Every day I witness the vast generational differences. So many students, 18–22 years old, walk everywhere with headphones in and their faces buried in their smartphone, seemingly oblivious to the beauty that is this campus. I fear they…
Favorite Books of 2022
These were my favorite five books that I read in 2022. All excellent works that might be useful for a great many of you. Here is my annual best books list Soldiers From Experience: The Forging of Sherman’s Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862–1863 by Eric Michael Burke Burke’s novel concept of tactical culture, alongside his brilliant prose,…
Favorite Books in 2021
These were my favorite five books that I read in 2021. I know I’m a little late on putting this together, but I still think these are wonderful books, and I hope these notes are helpful to someone. I will do another five for 2022 sometime in early 2023. Here are my five favorite books…
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…