The Tactical Notebook
Bruce Ivar GudmundssonThe Tactical Notebook explores the armies that are, the armies that were, and the armies that might have been.
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Short Problem 8
(US National Archives)
The following problem appeared in the first semi-annual volume of the Infantry School Mailing List, which rolled off the press in 1931. (This periodical, which might well be described as a journal in all but name, re...
Good Fences ...
‘Good fences …’
‘… make good neighbors.’
‘I love that poem. I inspired it, you know.’
‘So, you’ve told me … many times. Speaking of which. I’m hoping we could chat about … boundaries.’
‘How so.’
‘I’ve noticed that some of pieces posted...
Independence Day, at the Decision Game Club
On Saturday, 4 July 2026, the Decision Game Club will celebrate the semiquincentennial of the United States of America with two presentations of a tactical problem that made its debut during the Golden Age of the US Army Infantry School.
T...
The Method of Instruction
William Balck
In 1911, the US Cavalry Association published a translation, made by Walter Krueger of the 3rd Infantry, of the first volume of Taktik. Written by William Balck, then commanding an infantry regiment of the Prussian Army, this...
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I write 'The Tactical Notebook' (about the armies that are, were, and might have been) and 'Extra Muros' (about liberal education 'beyond the walls' of our dying universities.)
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