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