From Civil-Military Relations to Military Politics
By Thomas Crosbie & Anders Klitmøller, Strategy Bridge: “. . . militaries run by officers who are primarily motivated by their fear of civilian punishment and who are at all times conscious of civilian oversight seem more likely to become good at buffering from civilian oversight and satisfying civilian preferences than to become good at achieving military security or wielding the military instrument.”
The Rule of the Legions
By Graham McAleer, Law & Liberty: “The capacity of the legions to exercise extreme violence was the necessary precondition for the Pax Romana.”
by Raymond Ibrahim
The Stream
December 19, 2023
https://www.meforum.org/65368/mahdism-the-apocalyptic-ideology-behind-iran