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SWJ Interview with Bing West (Part 1)

... extent ISCI wants to be Iran's cat's paw. In sum, the military dimension in Iraq has had a string of successes and is not now the ... Harvard professor praised it in the New York Times Book Review - certainly a first for a military manual. Most football commentators ...

Blog entry - Aug 14 2008 - 5:30am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Army Worries about 'Toxic Leaders' in Ranks

... for personnel and promoting too quickly. I joined the military close to 20 years ago as an enlisted guy. I recall two prominent ... people why they were not selected... The Dossier review by HRC could also be eliminated, saving time and money and allowing ...

Blog entry - Jun 26 2011 - 6:33am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

CCO Interview with Bing West

... won the Marine Corps Heritage Prize, the Colby Award for Military History and appeared on the Commandant's Reading List. West appears ... nation-building. In the March issue of Military Review, I lay out my reasons. In a nutshell, if you hand sovereignty over ...

Blog entry - Mar 5 2009 - 5:18pm - 1 comment - 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 ), ... important ministry in this particular context) and, by March 2010, Schauble was once again campaigning for federal integration.  ... Nationalism: From Friedrich List to Robert Reich,” Review of International Studies, 23,1997, ...

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

New Media: A Boon for Insurgents or Counterinsurgents?

... A review of the use of new media in recent insurgencies. ... ability to mobilize large numbers in protest, a decisive military victory over the Mubarak regime was unnecessary. [37] The resonance ...

Journal Article - Sep 4 2011 - 7:02am - 29 comments

A Combined Arms Response to "Death of the Armor Corps"

... widespread acceptance both within and outside of the military. It has gained so much acceptance that it has essentially become Army ... on-going debate. Case in point is his recent call for a review of FM 3-24 in his essay debate with Nagl in JFQ. 2. As y'all ...

Journal Article - Jun 1 2010 - 4:36pm - 78 comments

Counterlawfare in Counterinsurgency

... was originally intended to serve in a strictly military context, lawfare came to be perceived as synonymous with anti-American ... to go through cumbersome and time-consuming procedures to review evidence and submit court filings. According to one defense lawyer, ...

Journal Article - Dec 14 2011 - 4:31am - 0 comments

Long Live Mao: Modern Insurgency in the Republic of India

... Pakistan, an increasingly powerful and present Chinese military, or Islamic terrorist attacks in major cities? In 2010 India’s ... on a grand scale. [11] Some of these MOUs are now under review as past government ministers have invested heavily in companies with ...

Journal Article - Dec 7 2011 - 7:24am - 1 comment

Open Veins of Mexico

... Los Zetas , a criminal organization founded by former military commandos. The Zetas dominate the criminal “para-state” in ... Sentinel, Small Wars Journal, The Atlantic, World Politics Review , and other publications. He blogs at Rethinking Security and the ...

Journal Article - Nov 3 2011 - 3:03am - 3 comments

Formalizing the Informal: Historical Lessons on Local Defense in Counterinsurgency

... a force multiplier and an economy of force in support of military or law enforcement operations. While state-sponsored militias are ... under the same constraints. It is clear from the short review of cases that counterinsurgencies require difficult political and ...

Journal Article - Dec 1 2011 - 6:04am - 0 comments