Harlan Ullman

Dr. Harlan Ullman has served on the Senior Advisory Group for Supreme Allied Commander Europe and is currently senior adviser at Washington D.C.’s Atlantic Council and Business Executives for National Security, chairman of two private companies and principal author of the doctrine of shock and awe. He commanded a destroyer in the Persian Gulf and led over 150 missions and operations in Vietnam as a Swift Boat skipper. His next book due out this year is Anatomy of Failure: Why America Loses Wars It Starts. Find him on Twitter @harlankullman.

The Glaring Flaws in the New Defense Strategy

By Harlan Ullman

Trump’s Grandest Goal: To Make the Truth Irrelevant

By Harlan Ullman

Reconciling the Many Sides of Donald Trump

By Harlan Ullman

Outrage Defined 2017

By Harlan Ullman

Would Things Really Be Any Different if Hillary Clinton Were President?

By Harlan Ullman

2018 Could See a Rejection of Political Extremes—If We Learn From Past Mistakes

By Harlan Ullman

Sometimes It’s Sad to Be an American

By Harlan Ullman

Why Did Michael Flynn Lie to the FBI?

By Harlan Ullman

The British Military Is at Risk—and the US Isn’t Far Behind

By Harlan Ullman

Putin May Aim for US Gridlock in 2018

By Harlan Ullman

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