O'Hanlon: Policymakers Need to Know More History

O'Hanlon: Policymakers Need to Know More History

Michael O'Hanlon begins his discussion of modern military history and strategy with the Civil War.      Michael E. O’Hanlon is the director of research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, where he specializes in American national security policy. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia, Georgetown and George Washington universities. He is the author of six books on U.S. defense policy and has just published a new book, Mil…