Thomas E. Ricks

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Men_of_Virginia_to_the_Rescue!_(May_1861)
Men_of_Virginia_to_the_Rescue!_(May_1861)

Tom marches into Virginia

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1000w_q95

Should this have been the American strategy in Afghanistan? Yes, I think so

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51ZaM3OUSNL._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_

Book excerpt: ‘Hue ‘68’

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster answers questions during a press briefing at the White House May 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. McMaster defended the President Donald Trump's decision to share intelligence with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during an Oval Office meeting last week. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster answers questions during a press briefing at the White House May 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. McMaster defended the President Donald Trump's decision to share intelligence with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during an Oval Office meeting last week. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Watching McMaster: The first rule of Realism is you don’t talk about Realism

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3colt

Why do officers carry sidearms?

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General_Sir_Alan_Brooke,_Chief_of_General_Staff,_1942_TR153

Churchill had his faults, but he was a far better strategist than his generals were

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Yatung, junger Engl‰nder des Secret Service

Twitter lists: Some British specialists in covert action and intelligence

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Dolly_a_proud_British_Lioness_is_fighting_with_allied_front-line_forces._She_is_mascot_of_a_South_African_Pioneer..._-_NARA_-_196357

Honorary war dog: ‘Dolly’ the lioness

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170503-F-DM566-1048C

We ask too much of our Air Force pilots

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Eager Lion 17

Thinking through U.S. objectives in Syria

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Sunset_Glow_on_Mt_Tamalpais_by_William_Keith,_1896

The whereabouts of Tom Ricks

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Brooke_-_Churchill_-_Montgomery

An surprisingly ahistorical conclusion in ‘Army,’ but some other good stuff there

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Turing_test_diagram

Jargon watch: USMC personnel edition

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AmbroseBurnsideonMount1862

Tom in Portland tonight

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RAF_Fighter_Command_1940_HU104450

1940: Middle-class pilots saved England, and what that meant for British politics

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