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Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla - Book Review by Shawn Brimley, Washington Monthly.
"A force built to fight the Cold War is now battling changes to its size, shape and mission in the age of the drone."
Building Better Generals by Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Nora Bensahel, Kelley Sayler, & Katherine Kidder, CNAS.
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A Canary in the Coal Mine for U.S. Global Leadership? By Kathleen McInnis, War on the Rocks.
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Junior to mid-grade leaders, both officers and NCOs, do a lot of thinking. The problem isn’t with the thinking, though; it’s with the writing and publishing.
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University Blog w/ Houston Chronicle. Five Small Wars Journal El Centro fellows provide op-eds.
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How To Get Best Military Leaders: CNAS Says Split Warriors From Managers by Sydney Freedberg, Breaking Defense.
The Takeaway From AUSA by Loren Thompson, Lexington Institute.
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Yep, the Early Bird may be history, let's hope not.
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Straight-Shooter Swenson Not Done Fighting by Kevin Horrigan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Tactical decision exercises provide low-resource training with large pay-offs. A good TDE can be developed in the course of an afternoon, and all it requires is a map, some markers and acetate, and your mind.
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A Far Cry From Failure by Michael O'Hanlon, Foreign Affairs.
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Army Accelerates BCT Overhaul by 2 Years by Michelle Tan, Army Times.
DOD Gears Up for Round 2 of Sequestration by Leigh Munsil, Politico.
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The road to Abbottabad and the takedown of Osama bin Laden arguably begins three-decades before in Grenada.
U.S. Military Investing Heavily in Africa by Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times.