By Bill Carroll The phrase "ignorant armies battle in darkness" is a misquote of the famous closing lines of the...

By Bill Carroll My good friend who is a veteran and a rabid Bears fan, so much so that his...

By Bill Carroll Portrait via Library of Congress James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a U.S. Military Academy graduate who...

By Bill Carroll I have written a four-part treatise about the offensive and defensive machinations of these two teams have...

By Bill Carroll Menelaus, the legendary king of Sparta, belongs to Greek mythology, but what is all too real is...

By Bill Carroll Date: Saturday, August 30, 2025 Location: Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, LA Kickoff: 12:00 PM ET (ESPNU) Strengths Quarterback improvement (2025):...

By Bill Carroll How Do You Penetrate Fangio's Defensive Fog of War? The Fangio defenses are aggressive, deceptive, flexible, gap-sound,...

By Bill Carroll Attacking Vic Fangio’s defensive system requires a strategic approach that exploits its structural weaknesses. While his scheme...

By Bill Carroll The British "Tankettes": Mighty Mites That Couldn’t In the late 1930s, the British envisioned a glorious future...

"Fighting the Last War": A Classic Blunder in Strategy "Generals always prepare to fight the last war, especially if they...