Small wars are operations undertaken under executive authority, wherein military force is combined with diplomatic pressure in the internal or external affairs of another state whose government is unstable, inadequate, or unsatisfactory for the preservation of life and of such interests as are determined by the foreign policy of our Nation.
--Small Wars Manual, 1940
Announcements
SWJ Magazine
The new and still-improving SWJ Magazine is now available here. It's ugly, but it works. We have a large number of quality articles that we'll be publishing there as quickly as possible, and we're working on dressing all of them up wth the formatting, edits, and such that the content deserves.
Recent Activity -- Last 10
SWJ Blog
- Human Terrain Team Member Killed in Afghanistan by SWJ Editors
- Leaving the Green Zone by SWJ Editors
- On Executive Agent Authority for IW by Dave Dilegge
- Abu Ayyub al-Masri Captured (Or Not - Updated) by SWJ Editors
- 9 May SWJ News, Op-Ed, Events & Blog Roundup by SWJ Editors
- Guerrilla Warfare and the Indonesian Strategic Psyche by SWJ Editors
- UK Troops and US Marines Join Forces by SWJ Editors
- Iraq Briefing by SWJ Editors
- 8 May SWJ News, Op-Ed, Events & Blog Roundup by SWJ Editors
- FSI PRT Course by SWJ Editors
SWJ Magazine
- Guerrilla Warfare and the Indonesian Strategic Psyche
- Maras in Central America
- Social Epidemics and the Human Element of Counterinsurgency
- Why Strategy is Simple
- Iraqi Non-Lethal Contributions to the Counterinsurgency
- The Counterinsurgency Cliff Notes
- ‘What’s Happening In Basra?’
- The Birth of the Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell
- The Battle for Saydia
- The Break Point: AQIZ Establishes the ISI in Zaganiyah
Comments
The most recent comments on the SWJ Blog are:
- Owen Ray on On Executive Agent Authority for IW
- Ken White on Leaving the Green Zone
- SWJED on On Executive Agent Authority for IW
- Schmedlap on Abu Ayyub al-Masri Captured (Or Not - Updated)
- SWJED on Abu Ayyub al-Masri Captured (Or Not - Updated)
- Schmedlap on Abu Ayyub al-Masri Captured (Or Not - Updated)
- Schmedlap on Army Focus on Counterinsurgency Debated Within
- Ken White on Army Focus on Counterinsurgency Debated Within
- Gian P Gentile on Army Focus on Counterinsurgency Debated Within
- Schmedlap on Army Focus on Counterinsurgency Debated Within
The most recent comments on the SWJ Magazine are:
- walrus on Oil Security and the Necessity for Global Cooperation
- Ryan on Security Force Assistance Operations
- Plymouth Rock on Oil Security and the Necessity for Global Cooperation
- Norfolk on Security Force Assistance Operations
- Ken White on Security Force Assistance Operations
- Ken White on Oil Security and the Necessity for Global Cooperation
- Herschel Smith on Oil Security and the Necessity for Global Cooperation
- walrus on Oil Security and the Necessity for Global Cooperation
- arifJAA on Oil Security and the Necessity for Global Cooperation
- arifJAA on The Global Counter Insurgency
Small Wars Council Discussion Board
The 10 newest threads at Small Wars Council are:
See also these posts in the last 24 hours.
