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SWJ Blog is a multi-author blog publishing news and commentary on the various goings on across the broad community of practice.  We gladly accept guest posts from serious voices in the community.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 01/09/2014 - 12:06am | 0 comments

Continue on for today's SWJ news and opinion roundup. Includes an update on Robert Gates' "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War" and associated issues.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 01/08/2014 - 12:49am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 01/07/2014 - 7:54pm | 2 comments

The Quiet Fury of Robert Gates - Robert M. Gates, Wall Street Journal.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 01/07/2014 - 7:05pm | 0 comments

In his new book Gates takes the reader inside the war-room deliberations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and delivers unsentimental assessments.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 01/07/2014 - 4:41pm | 0 comments

In His New Memoir, Robert M. Gates, the Former Defense Secretary, Offers a Critique of the President.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 01/07/2014 - 1:35pm | 0 comments

Aid Effectiveness: Send Them to The Field vs. The Myth of “The Field” at WhyDev

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 01/07/2014 - 9:37am | 1 comment

It’s an Anbar Thing (Not an AQ or U.S. Thing) by Peter Munson, War on the Rocks.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 01/07/2014 - 12:47am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 01/06/2014 - 11:15pm | 2 comments

Fireproof Commanding Officers by Lieutenant Lawrence Heyworth, Proceedings.

by Robert Bunker | Mon, 01/06/2014 - 8:15pm | 0 comments

The Not-So-Jolly Roger: Dealing with Piracy off the Coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Guinea

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 01/06/2014 - 9:16am | 0 comments

Continue on for an invitation to this 15 January event at NDU.

by Scott Forster | Mon, 01/06/2014 - 6:49am | 1 comment

With the start of 2104 we needed to replace our server for Landpower. This hardware upgrade necessitated a new web so here it is.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 01/06/2014 - 6:42am | 1 comment

Out of the Mountains Book Review by Alex Spillius, The Telegraph.

by Robert Bunker | Mon, 01/06/2014 - 6:35am | 0 comments

Drug Traffickers Threaten Central America's Democratic Gains by Elliott Abrams, Washington Post.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 01/06/2014 - 12:04am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 01/02/2014 - 4:40am | 0 comments

FP’s Favorite Reads of 2013 - Foreign Policy.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 01/02/2014 - 4:21am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 01/01/2014 - 7:27am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/31/2013 - 12:08pm | 8 comments

Rebooting Country Studies by Anna Simons, War on the Rocks.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 12/31/2013 - 6:14am | 0 comments

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by Joe Byerly | Mon, 12/30/2013 - 5:09pm | 2 comments

Typically the Services study historic leaders from their own particular domain of expertise (air, sea, land), and rarely do they venture beyond this.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 12/30/2013 - 5:38am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/29/2013 - 10:31pm | 5 comments

Army’s ‘Pacific Pathways’ Initiative Sets Up Turf Battle With Marines by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 12/29/2013 - 2:06am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 12/28/2013 - 8:28pm | 1 comment

Afghan Gains Will be Lost Quickly, U.S. Assessment Warns by Ernesto Londoño, Karen DeYoung and Greg Miller, Washington Post.