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Mackubin T. Owens

Mackubin T. Owens, a retired Marine officer (1964–1994) and professor emeritus of national security affairs at the Naval War College, is a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia (FPRI) and a national security fellow of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin.

Articles by Mackubin T. Owens

Choosing Defeat

Choosing Defeat

Our defeat in Vietnam was the result of hesitancy and squeamishness about wartime tactics.
For God and Country

For God and Country

A review of Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy, by Andrew Preston
The Fog of War

The Fog of War

A review of The American Civil War: A Military History, by John Keegan
On the Warpath

On the Warpath

A review of Conquered into Liberty: Two Centuries of Battles along the Great Warpath that Made the American Way of War, by Eliot A. Cohen
How the Confederates Won

How the Confederates Won

The great tragedy of Civil War memory is that the emancipationist account of the war was sacrificed to reconciliation in alliance with white supremacy.
First in War

First in War

Could America have won its independence without Washington?
The Lost Cause In Retreat

The Lost Cause In Retreat

In the age of so-called social history, those who can write military and political history in a clear, narrative style are treasures indeed.
Friends & Enemies

Friends & Enemies

Waging Modern War, by retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, is a fascinating account of coalition warfare: NATO's 1999 war against Yugoslavia in Kososvo.
Freedom Fighters

Freedom Fighters

Hanson's remarkable book argues that, on rare occasions, "there can be a soul, not merely a spirit, in the way men battle."