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A few years ago, I came across an old book at an estate sale. Its title caught my eye: “Our New Possessions.”…
William Astore
William J. Astore is a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF) and professor of history. He is a senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network (EMN), an organization of critical veteran military and national security professionals. He is the author of American Militarism on Steroids: The Military-Industrial Complex, Unbounded, Uncontained, and Undemocratic.
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take America back (again!) to greatness, there’s been much talk of Elon Musk’s new DOGE, or Department…
In April 1953, newly elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a retired five-star Army general who had led the landings on D-Day in…
Hey, cheer up because it truly is a beauty! I’m talking about this country’s latest “stealth bomber,” the B-21 Raider, just revealed by Northrop Grumman,…
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