Ben Connable
Research Leader, Consultant, Professor
- Executive Director, Battle Research Group
- Adjunct Professor at Georgetown
- Principal Research Scientist, CNA
- Senior Research Advisor to DT Institute
- Author Ground Combat: Puncturing the Myths of Modern War
I direct and conduct research on modern warfare, regional security, development, conflict and strategy, and on the cultural influences on human behavior.
This website aggregates my published research and commentary for public access. Please see https://battleresearchgroup.org and https://groundcombat.org for more info (below).
battleresearchgroup.org
Battle Research Group Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on improving collective understanding of modern warfare through field research and instruction.
groundcombat.org
Ground Combat: Puncturing the Myths of Modern War (Ben Connable, Georgetown University Press) will be published in March 2025.
Groundcombat.org describes the book and also includes the Ground Combat Quiz and (in March 2025) will include a download site for the Ground Combat Database-Version 1 (GCD-V1). Visit this site to have your email address added to a notification list for database release (no marketing) and to take the challenging quiz.
New and Relevant
My most recent and/or most relevant reports and commentary