Books

Of Scandal and Power: A History of the Iran-Contra Affair (Forthcoming, Spring 2026)

Abuses of the Past (In progress)

Articles and Reviews

“Foreign Policy Starts in Your Own Neighborhood,” RealClearDefense, May 1, 2024.

“Whither the Monroe Doctrine?,” The National Interest, March 18, 2024.

Review of Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition, by Christian Nikolaus Braun, Defense & Security Analysis 40, No. 1 (2024): 162-164.

“Peace Through Strength and Strategy,” in Roundtable Review of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink, by William Inboden, Not Even Past, May 3, 2023.

“Be Skeptical of Reagan’s ‘October Surprise’,” War on the Rocks, April 10, 2023. Co-authored with William Inboden.

“Sex, Drugs, and Mind Control,” International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence 35, No. 1 (Spring 2022): 173-178.

Review of Cowboy Presidents: The Frontier Myth and U.S. Politics since 1900, by David A. Smith, South Dakota History 51, No. 4 (Winter 2021): 388-389.

Review of Why America Loses Wars: Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present, by Donald Stoker, H-War, H-Net Reviews, August 2020.

Review of The Mayaguez Crisis, Mission Command, and Civil-Military Relations, by Christopher J. Lamb, Journal of Military History 84, No. 2 (April 2020): 652-653.