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... tactics to speak out on an issue of grave importance to Small Wars Journal readers. We, as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. ...

Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... promoted him. ”  So we get officers who think small, don’t understand the importance of broad understanding, and miss ... that if that large bureaucracy is charged with fighting wars, it must be able to use a lot of average individuals efficiently. ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments

... others will be published in future special volumes of Small Wars Journal. For each of the two topics, a $3,000 Grand Prize and two $500 ...

Blog post - Jul 17 2009 - 9:51am - 23 comments - 0 attachments

... Small Wars Journal Counterinsurgency Inquiry: Dr. John Nagl, COL Douglas ...

Journal Article - May 10 2011 - 6:04pm - 13 comments

... Urban versus Rural Insurgency is a critical component of small wars.  When people move to big cities like Baghdad, they discard or leave ...

Blog post - Jan 24 2012 - 3:29pm - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... models so as to realize a ROI from the empowerment of small businesses, from wealth and job creation. For the VC and Green Beret ... Approach to Village Stability Operations , Small Wars Journal, 2011 ( ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 62 comments

... these four aspects the fabric of trust within the team and small unit disintegrate.  Leaders are supposed to know their subordinates, ... was commenting on the same concept in his Fighting Small Wars article when he noted: The notion of individual negation is an ...

Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments

... or "goal" of an operation is its purpose. Ultimately, all wars must end, but the chain of causality does not end this side of ... fighters and helo in the Tangi Valley (from the admittedly small amount of data points, it seems this was a predictable operation ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments

... a chord like no other essay published recently in the Small Wars Journal .  In brutal honesty, I have to say that the many sniping ...

Journal Article - Apr 9 2012 - 5:00am - 61 comments

... I think you will find in Clausewitz's letters and small articles a much nuanced understanding of civil conflict. In Peter Paret's ... to conquering places an ocean away and doing more small wars to all out industrial war etc. That Army adapted pretty well and quite ...

Journal Article - Mar 3 2012 - 11:26am - 45 comments