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Hillsdale College military history professor Mark Moyar talked about the second volume of his history of the Vietnam War, which covers the years 1965-1968. This event was held at the Nixon L…

The Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California, hosted a virtual discussion on the 50th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which were signed on January 27, 1973, in an effort t…

Three military historians reconsidered a variety of perspectives on Vietnam War strategy. This program was part of a day-long conference hosted by the Virginia Military Institute titled: “Th…

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a discussion with historians on World War I and the legacy of President Woodrow Wilson a century after he outlined his 14 Points sta…

Mark Moyar talked about his book, Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces, about the history of U.S. special operations forces.

Lawrence Freedman talked about his book, The Future of War, about the novelists, filmmakers, think tank experts, and academics who have helped people envision what wars in the future will lo…

Professor Walter Russell Mead talked about nationalism and U.S. foreign policy. He focused on what he called Jacksonian populist nationalists and explained how Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, …

Scholars and security experts talked about security and politics in Libya. Speakers presented various arguments about how the history of Libya had helped shape the current security and polit…

Christopher Goscha talked about his book, Vietnam: A New History. He spoke about how the country has changed over the centuries, including the impact of Chinese and French influences on anci…

The Institute of World Politics and the Foreign Policy Initiative hosted a discussion on women in combat. Naval Postgraduate School Professor Anna Simons talked about the challenges and chan…

Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, director of the U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center, talked about national security and foreign policy issues. He emphasized the importance of properl…

Mark Moyar, author of Strategic Failure: How President Obama’s Drone Warfare, Defense Cuts, and Military Amateurism Have Imperiled America; Scott Shane, author of Objective Troy: A Terrorist…

Mark Moyar talked about his book Strategic Failure:How President Obama’s Drone Warfare, Defense Cuts, and Military Amateurism Have Imperiled America, in which he discusses U.S. military powe…

Authors talked about the current situation in Afghanistan. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Seth Jones is the author of In the Graveyard of Empires: America’s…

Scholars spoke about the history and evolution of U.S. counterinsurgency strategy from Vietnam to the present. Among the topics they addressed were the fiscal costs of warfare, the importanc…

Mark Moyar talked about his recent two-week trip to Afghanistan, where he met with both General Caldwell and General McChrystal. He talked about his observation on the war and what it takes …

Mark Moyar talked about his book A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq (Yale University Press; October 20, 2009). In his book he argues that good military leade…

Mark Moyar talked about his book Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965, published by Cambridge University Press. Moderator was John Norton Moore. Mr. Moyar talked about why he thinks …

Mark Moyar was interviewed about his book Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965, published by Cambridge University Press.