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Military Review: September -- October 2008 Issue

... The September -- October 2008 issue of Military Review is now online. Lineup below. Multi-National Force-Iraq ...

Blog post - Sep 3 2008 - 11:53pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Romancing the COIN

... killed or wounded.   COIN also appealed to the military and intellectual apparatchik’s psychological fallibility in ... actors which Pakistan admits have been responsible for the 2008 Mumbai and 2001 Parliament attacks in India. ... I am familiar with what I jokingly refer to as "National Review's Musharraf Corner," which is probably hugely unfair. The jihad ...

Journal Article - Mar 13 2012 - 11:56am - 35 comments

A Critical Perspective on Operational Art and Design Theory

... Counterinsurgency’s apparent sunset has left the military struggling for a new mission, but it will always have operational art. ... the advisory role said in Iraq from 2005 through 2008 that in fact the Iraqi Sunni insurgency could be templated from a ...

Journal Article - Apr 30 2012 - 4:50am - 9 comments

The Effectiveness of Counterinsurgency Principles against Criminal Insurgency

... displaced and control was reestablished. [25] Since 2008, the government has cleared some 25 communities and reasserted state ... Poor Mexico; so far from God and so close to the US military's COIN apparatchiks. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks ...

Blog post - Feb 11 2012 - 10:26am - 18 comments - 0 attachments

Military Review: May - June 2008 Issue

... The May -- June 2008 issue of Military Review has been posted to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center web ...

Blog post - Apr 21 2008 - 6:20pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The US in Afghanistan: Follow Sun Tzu rather than Clausewitz to Victory

... on jus ad bellum (just cause for war). American military culture is largely responsible for the first two contextual biases, ... oil company) and the Nigerian government between 2006 and 2008 was a great example of how I thought 21st Century warfare would be fought. ...

Journal Article - Dec 11 2010 - 10:53am - 67 comments

Iran's Response to a U.S. Attack

... to stop them, Iran and the US could be heading towards a military confrontation in the near future. It is this scenario that leads to ... the IRIN would not be forced to confront the US Navy. In 2008, “IRIN commander Rear Admiral Sayyari stated that the IRIN will push ...

Journal Article - Feb 17 2012 - 6:16am - 16 comments

Armed Nation Building: The West's Unhappy History

... them at least as much as -------- does.   Military power can buy time/security but the real progress must be made ... example well known to the British is Kajaki Dam.  In 2008, the British Task Force took part in what was hailed as one of the most ...

Journal Article - Feb 27 2012 - 5:57am - 8 comments

Defense Strategy and Military Planning for an Era of Persistent Conflict

... interpretation of attitudes towards strategy and military options will generate some spirited discussion.  While he draws ... Staff George Casey . In the United States Army’s 2008 Posture Statement , Casey’s views on persistent conflict were ...

Journal Article - Jan 26 2012 - 6:17am - 8 comments

Breaking Barriers to Deeper Understanding: How Post-Modern Concepts Are ‘Value-Added’ to Military Conceptual Planning Considerations

... attempts to stimulate further discourse on what the military requires in terms of Design concepts, vocabulary, doctrine, and ... Version 1.0 (TRADOC Pamphlet 525-5-500, 28 January 2008), 8. “Like other professions, Soldiers prefer structural complexity ...

Journal Article - Sep 21 2011 - 9:18am - 38 comments