Operational Design in the Mexico City Campaign, 1847-1848
By Nathan Jennings & Bruce Stanley, Small Wars Journal: “Though newly arrived in Army doctrine, the concept of operational design finds precedent in American military history. The United States’ invasion and occupation of Central Mexico in 1847, for example, featured aspects of it when Major General Winfield Scott, General-in-Chief of the Army, applied relatively sophisticated understanding of the military, geographical, political, cultural, and economic architecture of Latin America’s largest country to the campaign.”
ISIS-K Fights the Taliban, Afghan Government-backed Locals in Tora Bora
By Thomas Joscelyn, FDD's The Long War Journal: “In June, press reports indicated that Wilayah Khorasan had captured bin Laden’s cave complex in Tora Bora from the Taliban. It was a supposedly high-profile win for Baghdadi’s men at a time when they are losing ground in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.