Hot Off The Press: JFQ Issue 59
The latest issue of Joint Force Quarterly is now posted at National Defense University Press. Here’s the lineup:
JFQ Dialogue
From the Chairman – Admiral Michael Mullen
Letters to the Editor – JFQ
Forum
Executive Summary – David H. Gurney
An Interview with General James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps – Dabid H. Gurney
Developing an Operational Reserve: A Policy and Historical Context and the Way Forward – John D. Winkler
Operational for What? The Future of the Guard and Reserves – John A. Nagl and Travis Sharp
Senior Officer Professional Military Education as an Equalizer – James T. Currie
Special Feature
The Security Trinity: Understanding the Role of Security Forces in COIN – Eric E. Greek
Understanding Sri Lanka’s Defeat of the Tamil Tigers – Niel A. Smith
ISAF and Afghanistan: The Impact of Failure on NATO’s Future – Tarn D. Warren
A QDR for All Seasons? The Pentagon Is Not Preparing for the Most Likely Conflicts – Roy Godson and Richard H. Shultz, Jr.
Is the Conduct of War a Business? – Milan Vego
Essay Contests
Winners of the 2010 Writing Competitions – Joint Force Quarterly
Harmonious Ocean? Chinese Aircraft Carriers and the Australia-U.S. Aliiance – John Frewen
U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: Flawed Assumptions Will Lead to Ultimate Failure – Mark Schrecker
Information Strategy: The Missing Link – Hans F. Palaoro
Comentary
Ike Warned Us About This: The MICC Stranglehold on Responsible Procurement – Eric A. Hollister
Redress of Professional Military Education: The Clarion Call – Charles D. Allen
Breaking Ranks: Dissent and the Military Professional – Andrew R. Milburn
Building a Potemkin Village: A Taliban Strategy to Reclaim the Homeland – Jeff Donnithorne
Strategic Communication in the New Media Sphere – Timothy Cunningham
Features
What U.S. Cyber Command Must Do – Wesley R. Andrues
China’s Ace in the Hole: Rare Earth Elements – Cindy A. Hurst
Responsible Drawdown: Synchromizing the Joint Vision – Paul C. Hurley and John J. Abbatiello
Force Planning in the 2010 QDR – Kathleen H. Hicks and Samuel J. Brannen
Force of Law
A Patchwork Strategy of Consensus: Establishing Rule of Law in Afghanistan – Mark R. Hagerott, Thomas J. Umberg, and Joseph A. Jackson
Recall
Operation Albion and Joint Amphibious Doctrine – Gregory A. Thiele
Book Reviews
The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell – Rizwan Ali
Will Terrorists Go Nuclear? – John D. Becker
Intelligence for an Age of Terror – Clark Capshaw
Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces – Todd M. Manyx
Joint Doctrine
Redefining the Center of Gravity – Dale C. Eikmeier
Increasing Warfighter Interoperability – Ray A. Zuniga
Joint Doctrine Update – JPs Revised or Under Review