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Authors List

A.A. Cohen (1)
Adam Elkus (5)
Adam Geibel (2)
Adam Jungdahl (1)
Alejandro M. Sueldo (3)
Ali Hayat (1)
Andrew Shaver (2)
Anonymous Fighter Pilot (1)
Arnold Hammari (1)
Audrey Kurth Cronin (1)
Avinash Paliwal (1)
Barry M. Stentiford (1)
Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong (2)
Bill Caldwell (10)
Bill Nagle (4)
Bing West (22)
Bob Killebrew (2)
Bob Weimann (1)
Brandt Smith (1)
Brian Woolworth (1)
Brock Dahl (1)
Bruce Gudmundsson (2)
Butch Bracknell (2)
Carol E. B. Choksy (1)
Charles A. Flynn (1)
Charles G. Kels (2)
Chris Davis (1)
Crispin Burke (23)
Dan Cox (1)
Daniel R. DePetris (2)
Darrell Fawley (1)
Dave Dilegge (1057)
Dave Duffy (1)
Dave Kilcullen (15)
David Abel (1)
David C. Eckley (1)
David Kuhn (1)
David Kuhn (5)
David L. Wilcox (1)
David S. Maxwell (11)
David Wise (1)
Diane Maye (1)
Doctrine Man (1)
Don Gomez (1)
Don Gomez (1)
Donald "Ray" Greene (1)
Douglas Macgregor (1)
Dr. Jack (5)
Ed Judd (1)
EJ Hogendoorn (1)
Eric Walters (3)
Erich Simmers (1)
Frank Hoffman (15)
Gabriel Lajeunesse (1)
Garrett Wood (3)
Gary Anderson (5)
Gary K. Busch (1)
GEN Robert W. Cone (1)
Gene C. Kamena (1)
Gian Gentile (5)
Huba Wass de Czege (2)
Inge Fryklund (1)
J. Michael Barrett (1)
James Moran (1)
Jamsheed K. Choksy (1)
Janine Davidson (4)
Jason B. Nicholson (1)
Jason Howk (1)
Jeffrey Payne and Chris Chapman (1)
Jerry Meyerle (1)
Jill S. Russell (2)
Jim Guirard (10)
Joan Johnson-Freese (1)
John A. Bertetto (1)
John Nagl (17)
John P. Sullivan (8)
Johnny Lairsey (1)
Johnny Lairsey (1)
Jonathan Morgenstein (1)
Joseph Trevithick (1)
Josh Manchester (3)
Joshua S. Jones (1)
JR Hand (1)
Karen J. Dill (1)
Keith Nightingale (2)
Ken White (1)
Ken White (2)
Kevin Brown (1)
Khirin A. Bunker (1)
LtGen Robert B. Neller (1)
LtGen Robert B. Neller (1)
Malcolm Nance (7)
Marc Tyrrell (7)
Mark Phillips (1)
Martin Dempsey (9)
Matthew Hipple (2)
Matthew Irvine (1)
Matthew Partridge (1)
Matthew Schweitzer (1)
MG Jeff W. Mathis III (1)
Michael Christman (1)
Michael L. Burgoyne (1)
Michael Martinez (1)
Michael Murray (2)
Michael Yon (4)
Mike Few (63)
Morgan Smiley (1)
Nathan P. Jones (3)
Nathan Springer (1)
Nic Jenzen-Jones (2)
Niel Smith (9)
Octavian Manea (2)
Pascale Combelles Siegel (1)
Patrick McKinney (1)
Paul Olsen (2)
Paul Rexton Kan (1)
Paul Smyth (1)
Paul Yingling (5)
Pete Mansoor (1)
Peter J. Munson (95)
Peter Van Buren (1)
Philip Ulrich (1)
Philipp Reichert (1)
R. Chandler Swallow (1)
Rob Thornton (2)
Robert Almonte (1)
Robert Bateman (13)
Robert Bunker (76)
Robert C. Jones (2)
Robert Farley (1)
Robert Haddick (342)
Robert Sharp (1)
Robert Tollast (1)
Roxanne E. Bras (1)
Roy F. Houchin II (1)
Ryan Kennedy (1)
Ryan T. Kranc (1)
Sid Heal (1)
Somdeep Sen and Salem B.S. Dandan (1)
Stan Coerr (1)
Stephen Tucker (1)
Sterling Jensen (1)
Sven Ortmann (1)
SWJ Editors (3333)
Teun van Dongen (2)
The DEF2013 Board (1)
TJ Waters (1)
Tristan Hoffmann (1)
TX Hammes (1)
William Anderson (1)
William McCallister (8)
Youssef Aboul-Enein (22)

Author Bios

Huba Wass de Czege

Huba Wass de Czege is a retired U.S. Army brigadier general. During his career as an infantry officer, he served two tours in Vietnam and gained staff experience at all levels up to assistant division commander. General Wass De Czege was a principal designer of the operational concept known as AirLand Battle. He also was the founder and first director of the Army's School for Advanced Military Studies where he also taught applied military strategy. After retiring in 1993, General Wass De Czege became heavily involved in the Army After Next Project and served on several Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency v advisory panels. He is a 1964 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and holds an MPA from Harvard University.

Inge Fryklund

Over the period 2004-2012, Ms Inge Fryklund, JD, PhD, has spent more than four years in Afghanistan, including work with USAID, UNDP and the Army and Marine Corps. Her views are her own. She is recently returned from Helmand Province.

J. Michael Barrett

J. Michael Barrett is a former Director of Strategy for the White House Security Council and Naval Intelligence Officer with experience crafting counter-terrorism policy for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  A prolific author and frequent commentator on TV and in the press, he is currently CEO of Diligent Innovations, Inc., in Washington, DC.

James Moran

Major James Moran is a United States Air Force Intelligence officer.  He is currently studying irregular warfare at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.  His thesis is a study of the utility of COIN in countering AQAP in Yemen.  After his graduation in December, he will be stationed at the Air Force Special Operations School in Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Jamsheed K. Choksy

Jamsheed K. Choksy is professor of Iranian, Central Eurasian, and International studies at Indiana University. He also is a member of the National Council on the Humanities at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities.

Janine Davidson

Janine Davidson was appointed as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Plans in April 2009. Dr. Davidson is responsible for advising the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy on matters pertaining to the development of U.S. national security and defense planning. She oversees the development of guidance for military campaign and contingency plans and the processes for review and assessment of plans. She is also responsible for the U.S. global defense posture and international agreements related to U.S. forces stationed overseas, as well as the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s (OSD) role in global force management.

Jason B. Nicholson

LTC Jason Nicholson is a US Army Sub-Saharan Africa Foreign Area Officer currently posted to US Embassy Uganda. His previous posts include US Embassy Tanzania, the Army Staff, and the Joint Staff. He particularly follows stories showing connections between the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Jason Howk

Major Jason Howk is a U.S. Army Foreign Area Officer focused on South Asia.  He has served two tours in Afghanistan working on projects whose success depended on cooperation with numerous Afghan, U.S. and multi-national military and civilian agencies; International Government Organizations (IGOs); and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). 

Jeffrey Payne and Chris Chapman

Jeffrey Payne is the Academic Resources Coordinator at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC.  Chris Chapman is a Case Assistant at Kirkland & Ellis LLP also in Washington, DC.

*Please note that the views expressed in this article are those of the authors alone and do not represent the official policy or position of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the National Defense University, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. government. 

Jerry Meyerle

Jerry Meyerle is a senior political scientist in the Center for Strategic Studies at CNA. He is the author of a number of articles and research monographs on irregular warfare and South Asia security issues, including the book On the Ground in Afghanistan: Counterinsurgency in Practice (Marine Corps University Press, 2012). He has served on Afghanistan and Pakistan policy reviews in Washington and as an advisor to the commander of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team in eastern Afghanistan where he worked on Pakistan border issues. He has also served as an advisor to the commanding general of II Marine Expeditionary Force Forward in southern Afghanistan. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science and South Asian Studies from the University of Virginia.

Jill S. Russell

Jill S. Russell is a military historian. Her primary area of expertise is the contemporary American armed forces and the conflicts which have shaped this history. She has worked as a defense consultant, serves as an editor of H-War, and is currently at King's College London working to finish a dissertation on the history of subsistence and logistics in American military history.

Jim Guirard

A DC-area attorney, writer, lecturer and anti-Terrorism strategist, Jim Guirard was longtime Chief of Staff to US Senators Allen Ellender and Russell Long. His TrueSpeak Institute and TrueSpeak.org website are devoted to truth-in-language and truth-in-history in public discourse.

Joan Johnson-Freese

Joan Johnson-Freese is a Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval War College and author of the forthcoming book on PME, Educating America’s Military. The views expressed in this article are the author’s alone and do not represent the official position of the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. government.

John A. Bertetto

John A. Bertetto is a sworn member of the Chicago Police Department. He is the co-author of “Leadership for the Patrol Officer,” a course of instruction taught at the Chicago Police Academy, and “Toward a Police Ethos: Defining Our Values as a Call to Action.” Officer Bertetto holds a Master of Science degree from Western Illinois University and a Master of Business Administration from St. Xavier University.

John Nagl

Dr. John Nagl is is teaching the “History of Modern Counterinsurgency Warfare” as the Minerva Professor in the Department of History at the U.S. Naval Academy. He is a former President of the Center for a New American Security.  He is also a member of the Defense Policy Board, a Visiting Professor in the War Studies Department at Kings College of London, a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies.