Military history – political and cultural commentary

My new book on Afghanistan, America’s Favorite Warlord, is now available!

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  • Review on military.com

    I spoke recently with Robert Billard of military.com about America’s Favorite Warlord. Billard is a Marine Corps officer who met General Raziq in Kandahar in 2014. At the time, MAJ Billard was a logistics officer assigned to advise Raziq’s forces.

    Check out his review of the book here:

    https://www.military.com/new-book-details-us-reliance-on-kandahar-warlord-five-years-after-withdrawal

  • America’s Favorite Warlord: a documentary film

    I produced a short documentary film to accompany the launch of my new book on military partnerships in Afghanistan. Check it out!

  • Book Review, H.R. McMaster, At War with Ourselves

    The editors of Lethal Minds Journal were kind enough to publish my review of H.R. McMaster’s account of his time in the Trump White House. Check it out by clicking the link below!

    https://lethalmindsjournal.substack.com/p/lethal-minds-volume-43