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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 entry - Sep 3 2008 - 10:53pm - 1 comment - 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 entry - Apr 21 2008 - 5:20pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Toward a Gentler, Kinder German Reich?

... is, for all the rhetoric about Berlin having long forsaken military power and become a “civilian power” (Zivilmacht ), ... mood to bail out foreigners. In addition, between 2003 and 2008, German bankers have managed to lose massive sums of money in foolish ...

Journal Article - Nov 29 2011 - 8:32am - 4 comments

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 - 9:53am - 67 comments

Book Review -- Africa's World War

... Prunier.  Published by Oxford University Press, 2008. Reviewed by : Thomas (Tom) P. Odom LTC ... Prunier a reincarnation of Stalin or Hitler with the military genius of Napolean thrown in for good measure.  Prunier ...

Blog entry - Jan 2 2009 - 8:26am - 5 comments - 0 attachments

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 - 8:18am - 38 comments

R.I.P. Mr. Charles Wilson, Father of the Taliban

... and Bosnia with NATO/SFOR for Operation JOINT FORGE. In 2008, he performed an inter-service transfer to the US Army and entered as a ... of the Cold War is no excuse to have gone straight to the military option and create a hornet's nest in the interim and afterwards. ...

Journal Article - Feb 15 2010 - 10:51pm - 42 comments

Parameters Autumn 2008 Issue

... The Autumn 2008 issue of the US Army War College's Parameters is posted. ... matters, national and international security affairs, military strategy, military leadership and management, military history, ...

Blog entry - Nov 18 2008 - 5:52pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Lopsided Wars of Peace: America’s Anemic Ability to Project Civilian Power

... the full capabilities of the nation, to include non-military, or “civilian power” as the recent Quadrennial Diplomacy ... of is desirable based on historical precedent.  A 2008 RAND study determined that to reach the same level of civilian involvement ...

Journal Article - Dec 12 2011 - 5:54am - 3 comments

Counterinsurgency in India: The Maoists

... 285 security force and 171 guerilla), a 63% increase since 2008. [i] Today, about 10,000 – 40,000 full-time insurgents wage a ... are often in no position to refuse. [xi] A Military-Centric Response India has grown acutely aware of the Maoist ...

Journal Article - Dec 7 2011 - 12:12pm - 0 comments