- SWJ Interview with Bing West (Part 1)
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... 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
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... 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
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... 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?
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... 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?
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... 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"
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... 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
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... 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
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... 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
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... 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
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... 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


