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Since we launched War on the Rocks on 8 July 2013, we have gone from strength to strength, exceeding our expectations by orders of magnitude.

Here are our 25 most-read articles from 2013:

1. Benjamin Runkle: “The Lost Lessons of Black Hawk Down”
2. Matthew Hipple: “99 Red Balloons: How War with China Would Start”
3. David Maxwell: “Unconventional Warfare Does Not Belong to Special Forces”
4. Robert Killebrew: “Getting to the Army’s Better Argument”
5. Jason Glab: “Blockading China: A Guide”
6. Thomas Gibbons-Neff: “Is It Like Call of Duty?”
7. Bryan McGrath: “Five Myths about AirSea Battle”
8. John Kuehn: “Carrier Calculus: How Many Do We Need?”
9. Bryan McGrath: “The U.S. Navy: Five Questions to Ponder”
10. Kori Schake: “The Army Needs a Better Argument”
11. Nathaniel Rosenblatt: “ISIS’ Plan to Govern Syria – And What the US Should Do About It”
12. Thomas Gibbons-Neff: “Paul Walker and Civil-Military Relations”
13. Robert Killebrew: “Rapid Deployment: The Army and American Strategy”
14. Frank Hoffman: “Stabbed in the Back – Once Again?”
15. John C. Harvey: “Thoughts on the All-Volunteer Force from Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery”
16. Robert Scales: “Drafted Armies are Self-Killing Machines”
17. Elton C. Parker III: “Aircraft Carriers and What Comes Next”
18. Frank Hoffman: “5 Questions on Future War in the Pacific”
19. Ryan Evans: “When War Isn’t War”
20. David C. Fuquea: “Amphibious Ops in the 21st Century”
21. Phillip Carter: “99 Problems But a Draft Ain’t One”
22. TX Hammes: “Getting Our Money’s Worth: LCS vs Iver Huitfeldt-Class”
23. TX Hammes: “Strategy and AirSea Battle”
24. Scott Cheney-Peters: “How to Not Go to War with China”
25. Ryan Evans: “What’s the Deal with China’s New Air Defense Identification Zone?”

Thank you to our readers and contributors! Lift your post-NYE hangover recovery drink into the air and toast to an even more successful 2014 for War on the Rocks.

Image: American troops of the 28th Infantry Division march down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, in the `Victory’ Parade.