-
I suppose my continuing to blog about the CIA’s Cuba Project, JFK and the Bay of Pigs is an indication of stubbornness – but [...]
September 9, 2020
-
One of the pitfalls of writing on historical research is that once I finish a project I somehow imagine everyone knows what I’ve learned and it [...]
September 3, 2020
-
Any historical review of President Kenney’s actions in regard to the Bay of Pigs landings in 1961 has to take full note of information that was [...]
August 21, 2020
-
While American attention is focused on the Pandemic and our upcoming elections it’s easy to lose touch with global security issues. In fact few [...]
August 14, 2020
-
Well actually what has been missing are new posts from me. That is explained by the fact that all my available time has been consumed with edits [...]
August 9, 2020
-
The American military command structure – with an elected civilian as Commander in Chief – is often challenging, especially when the [...]
July 17, 2020
-
It was a big national security story only a few days ago, but like any news these days it simply disappeared within some 72 hours. In case [...]
July 7, 2020
-
It is only relatively recently that we have come to know that much of the most often repeated news stories (and the more formal histories) which [...]
June 11, 2020
-
Recent news confirms that the Russian Federation, at its president’s direction, is further escalating the “privatization” of military [...]
May 28, 2020
-
There have always been mercenaries, and even mercenary forces. During the Cold War various types of deniable, surrogate military units were [...]
May 13, 2020
