*Note: This story was published in the Colorado Springs Gazette print edition on December 17, 2019. It is coverage of Strategy Strikes Back and Winning Westeros from a local journalist named Seth Boster. An image of the column is included below.
*Note: This essay was published in USA Today on September 24, 2019. It can also be found online here. HBO’s “Game of Thrones” did it again Sunday night, demonstrating, yet again, its unquestioned dominance in this Golden Age of Television. “Thrones” took in 12 Emmys, including winning for best drama series in its final season. Walking onto the…
*Note: This essay was originally published at The Ambassador’s Brief news & commentary site, and was co-written with Max Brooks. In our new book Winning Westeros we’ve brought together a team of thirty top military and strategic experts to draw out the real lessons of war and strategy hidden in plain sight onscreen. As we assembled our team,…
*Note: This essay was published in the Los Angeles Times print edition on June 2, 2019. Images from the actual print story, as well as text can be found below; it can also be found online here (and a PDF version as well). Some photos must be taken, some images must be seen. These thoughts must have…
It was a lot of fun to hit BookCon 2019 on Saturday, June 1, with my co-editor Max Brooks – talking modern strategy, pop culture, and the end of Game of Thrones. Video of the event available here, or by clicking the image above. (Note: Sorry for the darkness of the stage – not sure…
*Note: This essay/book chapter excerpt was published in The Daily Beast on April 13, 2019. It can be found online here. “Jon Snow” and “strategic genius” are certainly terms that don’t seem to go together. While Jon is one of the most beloved of characters in Game of Thrones, Ned Stark’s bastard son is often viewed like…
*Note: This essay was originally published on the Modern War Institute’s Commentary & Analysis site. HBO’s Game of Thrones is the series that launched a thousand lessons into a million minds. A quick query online suggests that the show (and book series on which it’s based, “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George R.R.…
On Tuesday, April 9 2019, I had a great time in San Francisco at the Commonwealth Club of California with my friend & co-editor Max Brooks talking about our book Winning Westeros: How Game of Thrones Explains Modern Military Conflict. Here are the links to the audio podcast and the video from the event. While in…