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
SWJ Blog
Last 10 entries follow, more here.
- 9 February SWJ Roundup by SWJ Editors
- COIN Metrics: What Not to Measure by SWJ Editors
- 9 Feb. CNAS Officership Seminar Cancelled by Dave Dilegge
- Special Delivery by Michael Yon
- 8 February SWJ Roundup by SWJ Editors
- A Well-Written War by SWJ Editors
- A Test Case for Counterinsurgency Theory by SWJ Editors
- Tribal Engagement: The Way Forward in Afghanistan by SWJ Editors
- HTS member kidnapped in Iraq by Marc Tyrrell
- 7 February SWJ Roundup by SWJ Editors
Journal
Last 10 articles follow, more here.
- Special Delivery
- A Test Case for Counterinsurgency Theory
- Tribal Engagement: The Way Forward in Afghanistan
- Small Wars Journal - Volume 6, No. 1
- Cartel v. Cartel: Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency
- The al Qaeda Franchise Model: An Alternative
- Why is it Important to Talk to the Taliban?
- Haiti: Boots on the Ground Perspective
- Do Ideas Matter?
- War, “Like War”, or Something Else?
Small Wars Council Discussion Board
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Comments
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- COIN Metrics: What Not to Measure by gian p gentile
- HTS member kidnapped in Iraq by Outlaw 7
- Going Tribal: Enlisting Afghanistan’s Tribes by SWJED
- A Test Case for Counterinsurgency Theory by Mark Pyruz
- Planned Offensive in Southern Afghanistan by omar
- Tribal Engagement: The Way Forward in Afghanistan by
- Marines in Afghanistan Take 'The Village' to Heart by ADTS
- Rebooting the Discussion of Air Power and Small Wars by M Hinchcliffe
- The Problems with Afghan Army Doctrine by opsuppoter
- Tactics or Strategy? by Phil Ridderhof
- This Week at War: China growls at the Taiwan arms sale by Patrick Cronin
- The Green Beret Who Could Win the War in Afghanistan by Outlaw 7
- ‘No News’ QDR kicks some cans down the road by brutallyfrank@myway.com
- Tribal Engagement: A Silver Bullet? by SWJED
- Don’t Call it CMOC by Michael M. Smith
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.
