Alessandra Nisch
Putin’s Wars: Testing Boyd’s Strategy of ...

President Putin made three foundational assumptions in launching his war against Ukraine that should have been correct but were not. First, Putin assumed the invasion of Ukraine would be a quick and easy fight. Second, he assumed the world would denounce the invasion but tacitly allow it. Third, Putin assumed the war would deter NATO expansion.

Putin’s Wars: Testing Boyd’s Strategy of Applied Friction

Oral History

(Re)Telling the Story of 9/11: #Reviewing The Only Plane in the Sky

(Re)Telling the Story of 9/11: #Reviewing The Only Plane in the Sky

Through its very publication Graff’s book joins an already existing body of writing about 9/11, a corpus to which he is already a significant contributor as author of The Threat Matrix and “We’re the Only Plane in the Sky.” Accounts that dig into what came before 9/11, accounts that unfold the events of that day, accounts of what came after, all carry their own unique virtues and drawbacks, but I am grateful for them all and believe we need all of them because they talk over and next to and alongside one another. Graff’s volume is a crucial addition to writing about 9/11 because of its immersive power and its capacity to plunge the reader back into the day itself.

#Reviewing Kissinger on Kissinger

#Reviewing Kissinger on Kissinger

Kissinger on Kissinger is a thoughtful and insightful account of some of the most successful American diplomatic achievements of the 20th century, carried out by its most accomplished practitioner of diplomacy. The book provides an important look into Kissinger’s legacy, although it is only one part of the polytropos that is Henry Kissinger.

#Reviewing After Combat

#Reviewing After Combat

The experiences of American soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, sometimes over and over again, are central to this story, including consideration of the lasting impact of their time abroad. American culture is already rife with conversations about post-traumatic stress, veterans’ services, and treatments following deployments. Unfortunately, the voice of the veterans themselves is seldom heard with clarity in these conversations.