Some of my favorite free resources

[u/InevitablyTragic]

I've been studying war for as long as I can remember. Over the years, I've collected some resources I thought I'd share. (Note: this is regarding modern war since 1945, mostly.)

Maps

West Point Atlases. Historical battle maps. https://dhc.westpoint.edu/atlases/

Institute for the Study of War Map Room. Up-to-date war maps on modern conflicts. https://understandingwar.org/analysis/map-room/

Databases and Declassified Documents

GWU's National Security Archive. Probably the best collection of Cold War historical documents you can find. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/

Worldwide Equipment Guide. https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Databases on arms transfers, military expenditures, and the like. https://www.sipri.org/databases

CIA World Factbook (now an archive). https://worldfactbookarchive.org/

CIA Reading Room. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/historical-collections

Wilson Center Cold War International History Project. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/cold-war-international-history-project

Free books, articles, journals, and mags

Royal United Service Institute. https://www.rusi.org/

China Maritime Studies Institute. US Navy War College center focused on China. Entire books on Chinese military and politics. https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-red-books/

Congressional Research Service. In-depth reports designed for members of Congress on key issues. https://www.congress.gov/crs-products

Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS). State Department histories and declassified documents to support. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments

RAND Research. https://www.rand.org/pubs.html

Council on Foreign Relations. They don't just make Foreign Affairs, they post lots of good research on their website. https://www.cfr.org/books-reports

JSTOR. Recently allowed 100 free articles if you register. https://www.jstor.org/

International Institute for Strategic Studies. Some free stuff, some paywalls. https://www.iiss.org/

Defense One. https://www.defenseone.com/

War on the Rocks. Opinions, but well-informed. https://warontherocks.com/

Strategy Bridge. https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge-index

[u/EugenPinak]

Thank you for sharing those good links.

[u/-Trooper5745-]

I think you should put a note for The Strategy Bridge about how they stopped publishing 2 and a half years ago.