Dr. Kevin Woods and his colleague Williamson Murray have brought to life the Iraqi perspective on various conflicts, ranging from Operation Desert Storm to their latest work on the Iran-Iraq War.
Sandals and Robes to Business Suits and Gulf Streams: Warfare in the 21st Century
by MG Michael T. Flynn
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SAS Secret War
Operation Storm in the Middle East
reviewed by Travis Weinger, Small Wars Journal
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SAS Secret War: Operation Storm in the Middle East. By Major General...
Youssef Aboul-Enein offers a timely review of John Calvert's book on Sayyid Qutb.
While not democracy in the American image, the Arab Spring has the potential to bring Islamists into conflict with jihadists.
Second Land Armies and Excess Combatant Commands
by Robert Jordan Prescott
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On August 12, 2010 Secretary of Defense Robert...
Declassified outline of Rhodesian Tips, Tactics, and Procedures in COIN.
Considerations for Organizing and Preparing for Security Force Assistance Operations
by COL David Maxwell
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Security Force Assistance: Just Do It
Appendix to Accompany CRS Report 41817 "Building the Capacity of Partner States through Security Force Assistance"
by Thomas K "Doc" Livingston
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Seeing the Other Side of the COIN:
A Critique of the Current Counterinsurgency (COIN) Strategies in Afghanistan
by Metin Turcan
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Though...
Back to the basics of deterrence, diplomacy, and defense to address potential nation-state employment of unconventional weapons?
After more than a decade of overseas operations since Sept. 11, 2001, there is a needed moment of reassessment as to how to equip, train and even fund the military.
A thorough guide for cyberwar practitioners
Setting the Record Straight on Malayan Counterinsurgency Strategy:
Interview with Karl Hack
by Octavian Manea
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Seven
by Michael Yon
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American forces are stationed at bases far and wide around Afghanistan. Some bases are like towns, such as Camp Bastion, Kandahar Airfield, and...
Seven Pillars of Ambiguity
by David Mason
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These thoughts are penned a few weeks short of a yearlong tour to Iraq. Having worked in cultures...
Security Force Assistance Case Study: Mosul, Iraq
by Major Rob Thornton, Dr. John Fishel and Dr. Marc Tyrrell
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Major Rob Thornton of the Joint Center for...
Shaping a Culture of Privacy in the DoD
by Michael E. Reheuser
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I read with interest your December 6th article entitled The...
Shaping Coalition Forces' Strategic Narrative in Support of Village Stability Operations
by Scott Mann
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Shaping the Information Environment
in Afghanistan
Understanding and Addressing Counter-Insurgency
Information Challenges through Bottom-up, Collaborative planning in the Future Operations
Cross...
The linkages between democracy, natural resources, and peacemaking as Burma seeks a way to wind down a half-century long complex of ethnic, political, and religious strife.
Shortchanging the Joint Doctrine Fight
One Airman's Assessment of the Airman's Assessment
by LtCol Buck Elton, Small Wars Journal
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The traditional, often...
Should AF/PAK Hands be South Asia Hands?
How the India-Pakistan Relationship Shapes the War in Afghanistan
by Lieutenant Mark Munson
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Signals and Noise in Intelligence
by G. Murphy Donovan
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Media pundits have reduced the complex problems of tactical and strategic...
Simply a Nirvana Fallacy:
Seeing Everything from the Prism of Islamic Extremism in Afghanistan
by Metin Turcan
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Abstract. There has emerged a...
Sisyphus and Counterinsurgency
by Major Niel Smith, Small Wars Journal
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In Greek legend, Sisyphus was a king condemned by the gods to roll a huge rock...
Six Frigates and the Future of Gunboat Diplomacy
by Kurt Albaugh
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March was a busy month for the Navy. It supported the war...
Six Reasons Counterinsurgencies Lose
A Complementary Perspective
by Captain James Cahill
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Dr. Donald Stoker's article, Six Reasons Insurgencies...
Six Reasons Insurgencies Lose
A Contrarian View
by Dr. Donald Stoker, Small Wars Journal
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The American conventional wisdom is of the all-powerful, all-...
Sleeping with the Enemy:
Pakistan's Military Industrial Complex and Existential Crises of National Identity
by Patrick J Christian
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In a May 2011...
A provocative essay. What say you?
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