“Subtitling turns out to be surprisingly hard. Popular foreign policy books, in particular, err on the side of the interchangeably grandiose, and could possibly all be subtitled: ‘Crisis, Power and the Crisis of Power.’” ow.ly/ZBlI30sC1Xy

Who was deterred and who wasn’t by the latest Iranian and Israeli strikes? What did we learn about Iranian capabilities? And how will this affect Iran’s thinking about a bomb? Eric Brewer, Dana Stroul, and Gavin Clough sat down with Nick to discuss. ow.ly/2ULe30sBZOa

Trump goes on a long rant about how “Biden is not on the side of Israel” and “you have to clean up the terror that was October 7” and people still pretend he’s secretly gonna be pro-Palestine

Nick sat down with Adam L. Storring to discuss his article, 'A Prussian Strategy for Wars of Attrition,' which was published on April 24. ow.ly/Xf6f30sC1WZ

Say what you will about literary tragedy as a genre. It might be the only thing that consistently ends worse than history itself. ow.ly/SJat30sC1WX

since this post yesterday I have seen a comparison of the Columbia arrests to Tiananmen Square *and* of the occupation of Hamilton Hall to Kristallnacht.

For the WarCast, Nicholas Danforth interviews Ivan Brisco of Crisis Group about El Savador's Bitcoin president warontherocks.com/episode/warcas…

Some exciting news--I will now be writing a regular applied history column for War on the Rocks. Every six weeks, I'll be publishing a new essay on the history of strategy and warfare--always with an eye to applying insights to our troubled present. Thrilled about this partnership.

the really important thing here for both of them is to let you know they went to Harvard. at last common ground between left and right.

Ah well, nevertheless
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“Subtitling turns out to be surprisingly hard. Popular foreign policy books, in particular, err on the side of the interchangeably grandiose, and could possibly all be subtitled: ‘Crisis, Power and the Crisis of Power.’” ow.ly/qGXV30sBZOj

Biden downgrades possession to the status of Israeli war crime

“More sophisticated readers than me can debate whether Moby Dick really is the great American novel. But there’s no doubt in my mind that Herman Melville crafted the great American subtitle.” ow.ly/VZ3t30sBXrq

Who was deterred and who wasn’t by the latest Iranian and Israeli strikes? What did we learn about Iranian capabilities? And how will this affect Iran’s thinking about a bomb? Eric Brewer, Dana Stroul, and Gavin Clough sat down with Nick to discuss. ow.ly/mIMi30sBXrB

Followed by a fascinating discussion with Dr. Storring on the Insider:

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