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Summer 2007
Frank G. Hoffman
Neo-Classical Counterinsurgency? A look at the impact and implications of the classical school of thought on revolutionary warfare and an evaluation of the newly issued Army/Marine counterinsurgency (COIN) manual. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2008
Daniel S. Roper
Global Counterinsurgency: Strategic Clarity for the Long War Though policy initiatives since September 11, 2001 have positively influenced certain agencies in their efforts to secure America, some steps have actually limited the nation's effectiveness in countering the threats it faces. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
Clancy & Crossett
Measuring Effectiveness in Irregular Warfare There is little foundational understanding of what success means in irregular warfare that will assist analysts in interpreting operational effectiveness. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2006
Michael R. Melillo
Outfitting a Big-War Military with Small-War Capabilities Unfortunately, it took the tragedy of 9/11 and the challenges posed by an adaptive enemy for the U.S. to realize it was not prepared to fight war on terms other than its own choosing. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
Brian Reed
A Social Network Approach to Understanding an Insurgency A network analysis of war and insurgency differs markedly from conventional approaches, a fact that might require us to rethink some of our more conventional analytical tools. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
Eric Wester
Last Resort and Preemption: Using Armed Force as a Moral and Penultimate Choice Using armed force in peace enforcement operations (PEO) need not be reserved for a Last Resort even while preserving the integrity of Just War theory. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
Gawdat Bahgat
Iran and the United States: The Emerging Security Paradigm in the Middle East It is time that those responsible for crafting the policies and strategies for the region understand that US and Iranian interests are not by definition mutually exclusive. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
Patrick Porter
Good Anthropology, Bad History: The Cultural Turn in Studying War To wage war, become an anthropologist. Today's military confrontation of "the West vs. the rest" replays ancient differences between strategic cultures. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2006
Raymond L. Bingham
Bridging the Religious Divide Academicians, east and west, hotly debate the fundaments of the war on terror. In our nation's capital, decision-makers and renowned scholars meet regularly to posit the pros and cons of U.S. foreign policy. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
Gary L. Guertner
European Views of Preemption in US National Security Strategy The transatlantic divide over preemption. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2004
Robert R. Tomes
Relearning Counterinsurgency Warfare Thirty years after the signing of the January 1973 Paris peace agreement ending the Vietnam War, the United States finds itself leading a broad coalition of military forces engaged in peacemaking, nation-building, and now counterinsurgency warfare in Iraq. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2005
Harry S. Laver
Preemption and the Evolution of America's Strategic Defense In practice as much as in policy, America's defense doctrine must include more sophisticated and nuanced diplomatic initiatives and humanitarian programs, efforts designed to reduce the underlying sources of terrorist motivation and recruitment. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2008
Book Reviews A. J. Langguth's book Union 1812: Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence makes history read like a novel... Muhammad: Islam's First Great General by Richard A. Gabriel focuses on the political aspects of the religious leader... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2006
David W. Barno
Challenges in Fighting a Global Insurgency Strategy in a global counterinsurgency requires a new level of thinking. A world of irregular threats and asymmetrical warfare demands that we Americans broaden our thinking beyond the norms of traditional military action once sufficient to win our wars. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Winter 2005/2006
Jeffrey Record
Why the Strong Lose Why has the United States fared consistently well against such powerful enemies as Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union, but its record against lesser foes is decidedly mixed? mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2004
Book Reviews In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat. By Rick Atkinson... America's Inadvertent Empire. By William E. Odom and Robert Dujarric... The Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet. By James Mann... The Iraq War. By John Keegan... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2008
Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.
Making Revolutionary Change: Airpower in COIN Today The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are air wars as well as ground wars. Airpower has played a critical role in counterinsurgency combat. mark for My Articles similar articles
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November 2004
Franklin Eric Wester
Preemption and Just War: Considering the Case of Iraq This article demonstrates that the use of military force by the Bush Administration against the regime of Saddam Hussein does not meet the ethical criteria for "preemptive war" set forth in the classical Just War tradition. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
Book Reviews Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 by Mark Moyar offers fresh insights on the war... Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 by Catherine Merridale is social history at it's best... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2004
Editor's Shelf Authors examine the relationship between the military and the society it serves. mark for My Articles similar articles
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November 2004
Commentary & Reply Technology and the Yom Kippur War... More on "Attrition" -- Maneuver, Theory, and Strategy... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2008
Robert M. Cassidy
Terrorism and Insurgency Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: International Perspectives is a collection of essays that provide insight into the challenges that make this perennial and irregular war exceedingly difficult. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Winter 2005/2006
Book Reviews The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War by Andrew J. Bacevich... 1776 by David McCullough... West Point: Two Centuries and Beyond edited by Lance Betros... What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building by Noah Feldman... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2007
From the Editor While we are mentally and emotionally captured by the political side-bar related to the President's announced "surge" strategy for Iraq and Afghanistan we have forgotten the reality of the Long War. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2005
Metz & Millen
Intervention, Stabilization, and Transformation Operations: The Role of Landpower in the New Strategic Environment A historic shift has taken place in the strategic environment as globalization and interconnectedness propel the concept of security in new, unforeseen directions mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2006
Editor's Shelf Book Reviews: An Army at War: Change in the Midst of Conflict edited by John J. McGrath... Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art, edited by Michael D. Krause and R. Cody Phillips... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2005
Book Reviews Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War....The Moral Warrior: Ethics and Service in the U.S.... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2008
Kenneth Payne
Waging Communication War This article sets out to explore the ramifications of poor communication and lack of support of the population in a modern war. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2005
R. D. Hooker
Beyond Vom Kriege: The Character and Conduct of Modern War While the methods used to wage war are constantly evolving, the nature and character of war remain deeply and unchangeably rooted in the nature of man. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2005
Review Essay Is there a Chinese Way of War?... Political Success Trumps Operational Victory... Use Force Sparingly; Repeat as Often as Needed... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2008
From the Editor An overview of the topics covered in the issue including Congress allocating the annual defense budget as a specific percentage of the gross domestic product, the pros and cons of effects-based operations, and the risks of nuclear energy. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2006
Liotta & Owen
Sense and Symbolism: Europe Takes On Human Security A European culture with dubious historical reputation for cosmopolitanism is being thrust upon the global stage at the very moment when its geopolitical concepts are poised on the precipice of desuetude. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2005
Colin S. Gray
How Has War Changed Since the End of the Cold War? For the West, and for the most part, 12 of the past 15 years can fairly be described as an interwar period. That brief no-name era, usually referred to neutrally as the post-Cold War period, came to an explosive end on 11 September 2001. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2007
Book Reviews Kimberly Kagan in The Eye of Command proposes that John Keegan's Face of Battle approach to narrating battles suffers fatal flaws... War Made New by Max Boot examines 500 years of military innovation... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2007
Editor's Shelf A list of books that detail various views on the war on terrorism. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Winter 2006/2007
Martin J. Muckian
Structural Vulnerabilities of Networked Insurgencies: Adapting to the New Adversary The ongoing conflict in Iraq has sparked a renewed interest in the study of counterinsurgency, leading many to comb the wars of the twentieth century for lessons that can be applied to today. Much of this recent analysis has focused on the knowledge gained from fighting Marxist revolutionaries. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2007
James A. Gavrilis
Army Must Embrace Unconventional Fight Even a major unconventional campaign such as Iraq can have major conventional operations as part of it. In war the two are not mutually exclusive. The trick is finding the right mix. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2005
Christopher M. Ford
Speak No Evil: Targeting a Population's Neutrality to Defeat an Insurgency Using Iraq as a model, this article seeks to examine the relationship between the people and the insurgency, with the ultimate questions being: What role does the civilian population play in the insurgency, and how can this situation be influenced to achieve success? mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2005
Kenneth Payne
The Media as an Instrument of War The media, in the modern era, are indisputably an instrument of war. This is because winning modern wars is as much dependent on carrying domestic and international public opinion as it is on defeating the enemy on the battlefield. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2006
Book Reviews Soldiering: Observations from Korea, Vietnam, and Safe Places. By Henry G. Gole... New Glory: Expanding America's Global Supremacy. By Ralph Peters... Sands of Empire: Missionary Zeal, American Foreign Policy, and the Hazards of Global Ambition. By Robert W. Merry... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2004
Book Reviews A book review of Beyond Baghdad. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Winter 2003/2004
Book Reviews Reconstructing Eden: A Comprehensive Plan for the Post-War Political and Economic Development of Iraq... The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad... Defense's Nuclear Agency, 1947-1997... Diem's Final Failure: Prelude to America's War in Vietnam... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Winter 2006/2007
Book Reviews From Omaha Beach to Dawson's Ridge: The Combat Journal of Captain Joe Dawson. By Cole C. Kingseed... The Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training and Root Causes. Edited by James J. F. Forest... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2006
Colin S. Gray
Stability Operations in Strategic Perspective: A Skeptical View Stability operations, the demand for them and the provision of new capabilities to perform them well, are the downstream product of larger decisions on U.S. foreign policy and strategy. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2004
Richard L. Russell
Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Dealing with Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid The Iraq war is the backdrop for the evolving policy debate on Iran. Tehran might be tempted to harness the threat of nuclear weapons for leverage in the political-military struggle against the United States for power and influence in the Persian Gulf. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2005
Pierre Lessard
Campaign Design for Winning the War . . . and the Peace The current Western interpretation of campaign design must reunite with its strategic roots of ends and means in its quest to seek ways of winning both the war and the peace in the post-9/11 era. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2007
Christopher M. Schnaubelt
Whither the RMA? The present Department of Defense (DOD) focus on technological solutions to increase capabilities may be misguided by a vision of a high-tech Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2005
Book Reviews Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968-1972... Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror... Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2004
Robert M. Cassidy
Back to the Street without Joy: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Vietnam and Other Small Wars This article aims to distill some of the more relevant counterinsurgency lessons from the American military's experiences during Vietnam and before. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2008
Robert M. Chamberlain
With Friends Like These: Grievance, Governance, and Capacity-Building in COIN This article questions the assumption that enhancing the power of the state will make the population less likely to support insurgents. mark for My Articles similar articles