Peter J. Munson

Peter J. Munson is a Marine officer, author, and Middle East specialist.  He is the author of War, Welfare, and Democracy: Rethinking America's Quest for the End of History (Potomac, 2013) and Iraq in Transition: The Legacy of Dictatorship and the Prospects for Democracy (Potomac, 2009) and .  A frequent contributor to multiple journals and blogs, including his own, he is also the Editor of the Small Wars Journal.  You can follow his Twitter feed @peterjmunson and find his LinkedIn profile here.  He is leaving the Marine Corps in summer 2013.

The Center for National Policy offers a report on a new way ahead.

A Harvard Business Review blog entry discusses the leaders in our midst.

The more things change...  A storied letter that keeps coming back.

A Foreign Affairs article asks if we are prepared to pay the true costs of the promises we have made in Afghanistan.

Doug Macgregor offers a synopsis of the state of the U.S. military and the prediction that only economic crisis will provide the impetus for reform.

Bob Tollast interviews former U.S. military advisor Emma Sky.