Dave Maxwell

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	David S. Maxwell is the Associate Director of the Center for Peace and Security Studies and the Security Studies Program in the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University.  He is a retired US Army Special Forces Colonel with command and staff assignments in Korea, Japan, Germany, the Philippines, and CONUS, and served as a member of the military faculty teaching national security at the National War College.  He is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, the Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth and the National War College, National Defense University. 

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
Thoughts on Professional Military Education: After 9-11, Iraq, and Afghanistan in the Era of Fiscal Austerity

  

  
  

                
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Posted On January 1, 2012 05:50 AM | Comments(13)

  

  
  

                

	In times of austerity, the military's best investment is in its people: education, selection, and promotion of talent.


  

		  
  

                
The Death of a Dictator:  Danger, Opportunity or Best Timing Possible?

  

  
  

                
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Posted On December 19, 2011 01:56 PM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                

	Some Hasty, Initial Thoughts


  

		  
  

                
Vietnam Postmortem: A Senseless Strategy

  

  
  

                
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Posted On July 3, 2011 09:32 PM | Comments(37)

  

  
  

                
The latest posted issue of Parameters (Winter of 2010-2011) is probably well worth reading because we most likely have not learned well our lessons from the past (What did Cohen and Gooch say about...


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
A Recommendation for Quiet Professionals

  

  
  

                
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Posted On May 13, 2011 08:18 AM | Comments(8)

  

  
  

                
A Recommendation for Quiet Professionals
by Dave Maxwell 
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There are two schools of thought in Special Operations regarding writing...


  

		  
  

                
Commentary on Our Double-Edged Sword

  

  
  

                
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Posted On January 14, 2011 10:13 AM | Comments(11)

  

  
  

                
Before reading the linked article (Our Double-Edged Sword by Thomas H. Henriksen in the Hoover Digest) I offer a few comments for consideration. I think the author's critique is really with the...


  

		  
  

                
Quotable: Secretary Gates on WikiLeaks

  

  
  

                
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Posted On November 30, 2010 09:01 PM | Comments(1)

  

  
  

                
Although today's press briefing and Q&A with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen concentrated on the release of the DOD working group's...