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
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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
- Saturday Twofer With Secretary Gates by SWJ Editors
- 17 May SWJ News, Op-Ed, Events & Blog Roundup by SWJ Editors
- Welcome to the Blogosphere by Dave Dilegge
- Friday food for thought... by Dave Dilegge
- A Conversation with Michael Rose by SWJ Editors
- A Conversation with Robert Kagan by SWJ Editors
- 16 May SWJ News, Op-Ed, Events & Blog Roundup by SWJ Editors
- Iraq Briefing by SWJ Editors
- Army's Next Crop of Generals Forged in COIN by SWJ Editors
- 15 May SWJ News, Op-Ed, Events & Blog Roundup by SWJ Editors
SWJ Magazine
- Force Structure for Small Wars
- 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
Comments
The most recent comments on the SWJ Blog are:
- Ken White on Which “Ghosts” Should We Be Trying to Bury from Vietnam
- Schmedlap on Which “Ghosts” Should We Be Trying to Bury from Vietnam
- Andy Pavord on Which “Ghosts” Should We Be Trying to Bury from Vietnam
- Tim Starr on Which “Ghosts” Should We Be Trying to Bury from Vietnam
- Ken White on Which “Ghosts” Should We Be Trying to Bury from Vietnam
- Gian P Gentile on Which “Ghosts” Should We Be Trying to Bury from Vietnam
- Tim Starr on Which “Ghosts” Should We Be Trying to Bury from Vietnam
- John Nagl on Which “Ghosts” Should We Be Trying to Bury from Vietnam
- David Billington on Which “Ghosts” Should We Be Trying to Bury from Vietnam
- Gian P Gentile on Which “Ghosts” Should We Be Trying to Bury from Vietnam
The most recent comments on the SWJ Magazine are:
- sezaar_seaman on Iraqi Non-Lethal Contributions to the Counterinsurgency
- 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
Small Wars Council Discussion Board
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