Commentary
Memorial Day emerged from America’s most deadly and destructive war: the Civil War.
An American flag is seen at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on National POW/MIA Recognition Day on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 16, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Austin Bay
Author
Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
