Paul Yingling

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Paul L. Yingling is a colonel in the U.S. Army and a professor of security studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.  The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, the Department of Defense, or  the U.S. Government.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
An Absence of Strategic Thinking

  

  
  

                
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Posted On December 16, 2011 06:25 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                

	A decade’s worth of blunders and misrepresentations has exhausted the patience of the American people


  

		  
  

                
The Gentile-Yingling Dialogue: ISAF Exit Strategy - Neither International nor an Exit nor a Strategy

  

  
  

                
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Posted On October 15, 2011 07:11 AM | Comments(10)

  

  
  

                

	COL Paul Yingling responds to COL Gian Gentile.


  

		  
  

                
Breaking Ranks?

  

  
  

                
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Posted On September 30, 2010 11:11 AM | Comments(24)

  

  
  

                
Breaking Ranks?
by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yingling
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There is no constitutional principle more important to a democracy than civilian control of the military...


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
The All-Volunteer Force: The Debate

  

  
  

                
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Posted On July 9, 2010 09:52 AM | Comments(46)

  

  
  

                
The All-Volunteer Force: The Debate
by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yingling
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I'd like to share with SWJ readers the debate I've been having...


  

		  
  

                
On General Krulak's E-mail to George Will

  

  
  

                
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Posted On September 11, 2009 04:43 AM | Comments(63)

  

  
  

                
Ten years ago, the ideas about warfare expressed in General Krulak's email to George Will would have been merely disappointing.  However, after eight years of war have we have learned many hard...


  

		  
  

                
Remembering Old and New

  

  
  

                
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Posted On December 7, 2008 09:47 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                
Bob Andrews is the Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army.  As a Special Forces officer, he conducted intelligence, long-range reconnaissance and covert operations during two tours in Vietnam...