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Feeding the dragon: The case of Chinese attack helicopters and implications...
By Dean ChengBest Defense department of corporate intelligence This past week, a remarkably disturbing case of arms export control violations came to light, and one which comes at a terrible time for...
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The Vietnam War explained as never before, in hard numbers and good facts
While Tom Ricks is away from his blog, he has selected a few of his favorite posts to re-run. We will be posting a few every day until he returns. This originally ran on January 12, 2011. Hey, how come...
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Why India is so half-hearted about the U.S. rebalance towards Asia
By Joseph SinghBest Defense diplomatic desk The U.S. may be seeking an unconditional partner in its effort to rebalance towards Asia, but it shouldn't hedge its bets on India. "We want strategic...
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On watching the New Zealand Army mourn: Maybe we should do the same
By Stacy BareBest Defense rugby correspondent I wonder if there is not something deeply cathartic about the infantry unit performing the Haka, an ancient ritual designed to intimidate opponents, while...
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'Hanoi's War': A different view of how the Communists conducted the Vietnam war
I'm not a fan of diplomatic history, but still found parts of Hanoi's War fascinating. It changed the way I think about the Vietnam War. For example: "Ho and Giap were sidelined by Le Duan and Le Duc...
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Australian PM rips opposition on sexism
Andrew Sullivan is right. Once you start listening to this powerful speech, you won't stop.
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What's the truth about U.S.-China strategic mistrust? You can't handle the...
By Oriana Skylar MastroBest Defense Office of Sinology It seems like every week I go to a talk or some type of meeting in which the participants argue that if the United States and China could just sit...
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My questions about the Vietnam War: I suspect there is a lot more to say...
For a symposium put on recently by FPRI, I drew up a list of questions I have about the Vietnam War. Here they are: How much new information about the war is coming out? Is there more to come? How is...
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Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week: Bubbles, the dog who led planes in Vietnam
By Rebecca Frankel Best Defense Chief Canine Correspondent In the early 1970s, pilots taxiing their planes on the east ramp of Bien Hoa Air Base may have been ferried to their final destination by a...
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Vietnam war expert: There's a lot to appreciate in the new book 'Hanoi's War'
By Richard CoffmanBest Defense bureau of Vietnamese War affairsHanoi's War is an important book drawing on secret Vietnamese Communist Party and government archives and chronicling how Hanoi planned...
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Thank you, Commander Bell
By Commander H.B. Le, U.S. NavyBest Defense guest columnist On April 30, 1975, a 34 year-old South Vietnamese Navy commander -- the commanding officer of Nha Be Naval Support Base near Saigon --...
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Brit expert says the U.S. Army never really did population-centric COIN in...
Not at all, concludes a new study by J.P. Harris, a teacher at Sandhurst, the British military academy: "It is doubtful whether a truly population-centric approach to counterinsurgency ever really...
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Ia Drang screwed us up in Vietnam because of the lessons we drew from it
By Charles A. KrohnBest Defense chef de bureau, Saigon Today we remember the 48th anniversary of the end of the battle of the Ia Drang, the first big fight that pitted soldiers from the Army's 1st Air...
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You keep me Dranging on (II): 3 thoughts on the lessons of the battle of Ia...
By Christopher MewettBest Defense guest columnist1) In re the question about "search and destroy" versus "clear/sweep and hold" General Westmoreland himself would admit that his efforts to substitute...
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Vietnam boosts coastal defenses
China has been a good big brother in pointing out weaknesses in Vietnam's maritime security structure. Taking the hint, Vietnam is boosting its coastal defense system.
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