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
Write Well, Make Us All Richer. Including You.
Small Wars Journal Writing Competition -- $8,000 total purse covering two small wars topics. Submissions are due November 30, 2009.
SWJ Blog
Last 10 entries follow, more here.
- The Taliban’s Political Program by SWJ Editors
- The War of New Words by SWJ Editors
- 7 November SWJ Roundup by SWJ Editors
- The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and a Hero... by Dave Dilegge
- Now Hear This... (Bumped) by SWJ Editors
- Not Enough Troops Available? by SWJ Editors
- This Week at War: Why Don't Stryker Brigades Work in Afghanistan? by Robert Haddick
- Afghanistan: Connecting Assumptions and Strategy by SWJ Editors
- The Horror, the Horror: Afghanistan Edition by SWJ Editors
- 6 November SWJ Roundup by SWJ Editors
Journal
Last 10 articles follow, more here.
- Crime and Terrorism
- Afghanistan Trip Report
- Turning Fallujah
- Iraq the Model?
- The Influence of Seapower Upon Small Wars
- Toward a Kilcullen-Biden Plan?
- Widening the Spectrum of Insurgency
- Speculative Fiction and National Security
- A National Security Act of 2009?
- The Role of DoD in Foreign Economic Development
Small Wars Council Discussion Board
The 10 newest posts in the Small Wars Council forums that are accessible without registration are:
Comments
The SWJ Blog and Small Wars Journal articles most recently commented on are:
- The War of New Words by Andrew
- The Taliban’s Political Program by MikeF
- Now Hear This... (Bumped) by SWJED
- Afghanistan: Connecting Assumptions and Strategy by MikeF
- One Tribe At A Time by Dougas J
- The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and a Hero... by Schmedlap
- The Horror, the Horror: Afghanistan Edition by Ron Humphrey
- Our Man in Kabul by LS
- An Alternative Approach for Afghanistan by Matt
- Going Tribal in Afghanistan by Joshua Foust
- Finishing Firefights Difficult in Afghanistan by MikeF
- Crime and Terrorism by Rigs
- On General Krulak's E-mail to George Will by Schmedlap
- The Real Afghan Strategy by Dave Maxwell
- Confronting the Hydra: Big Problems with Small Wars by Phil Ridderhof
Welcome...
...to the left lateral limit of hotness. That'd be us. At least according to
Rolling Stone’s 2009 Hot List:
"This time, we're banking on an assortment of movers, shakers and muckrakers that runs the gamut from the warfare digest "Small Wars Journal" to Hot Issue cover girl Lady Gaga (check out shots of her wildest moments here)."
The nuances are explored here in the Small Wars Council. Recurring themes include:
- Recognition and support of Rolling Stone's cutting edge insightfulness, particularly as evidenced by their editorial decision to do a phone interview with no photographers for the SWJ piece and no shots of our wildest moments;
- shock that the rest of the so-called "Mainstream Media" is so out of touch with real hotness;
- various issues associated with proper etiquette for gracefully sharing the limelight with our fellow celebrities, so as not to burst their bubbles.
