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by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/03/2013 - 6:32am | 2 comments

"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 07/03/2013 - 6:05am | 1 comment

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by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/02/2013 - 4:13pm | 0 comments

Army’s Internal Battle: Fight With GAO Over Battlefield Intelligence System by Rowen Scarborough, Washington Times.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/02/2013 - 12:40pm | 0 comments

How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It by Michael Shank, U.S. News & World Report.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/02/2013 - 6:05am | 0 comments

Has the Pentagon's Strategy Shop Gone MIA? By Gordon Lubold, Foreign Policy.

by SWJ Editors | Tue, 07/02/2013 - 5:55am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/01/2013 - 7:34pm | 1 comment

General Dempsey: ‘Winning Our Nation’s Wars is No Longer Enough’ by Walter Pincus, Washington Post.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 07/01/2013 - 8:07am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sun, 06/30/2013 - 3:44pm | 3 comments

Read on for several articles from The RUSI Journal that are open for free access.

by SWJ Editors | Sun, 06/30/2013 - 7:29am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 06/29/2013 - 12:20am | 1 comment

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 06/28/2013 - 7:41am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Thu, 06/27/2013 - 7:43pm | 0 comments

West Point's Combating Terrorism Center has released the June 2013 Issue of the CTC Sentinel.

by SWJ Editors | Thu, 06/27/2013 - 7:13pm | 5 comments

Toward Strategic Landpower by LTG Charles T. Cleveland and LTC Stuart L. Farris, Army Magazine.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 06/26/2013 - 10:02am | 9 comments

SWJ contributor Ben Zweibelson carries on the design discussion at NDU's PRISM journal.

by Peter J. Munson | Mon, 06/24/2013 - 9:52am | 6 comments

In my last week as editor, a moment to say thanks.

by Robert Bunker | Sat, 06/22/2013 - 10:07am | 0 comments

Cartel violence is bleeding into the Pacific Northwest.

by Darrell Fawley | Mon, 06/17/2013 - 3:41pm | 33 comments

An active duty captain weighs in on the debate over retention between LTG (R) Barno and LTG Hodges.

by Roxanne E. Bras | Thu, 06/13/2013 - 1:51pm | 7 comments

Nagl hopes that the next generation of military innovators will focus on human-centric innovations, lest the military be caught unprepared for another decade of war.

by SWJ Editors | Wed, 06/12/2013 - 10:11am | 17 comments

David Petraeus: We Must Be Coldly Realistic Over The Use Of Force - Many of the lessons we have learnt post-9/11 have been paid for and written in blood - The Telegraph.

by SWJ Editors | Mon, 06/10/2013 - 12:08pm | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Sat, 06/08/2013 - 3:49pm | 0 comments

This second Small Wars Journal-El Centro anthology captures the important debate on the crime wars and criminal insurgencies taking place in Mexico and other regions of the Americas.

by SWJ Editors | Sat, 06/08/2013 - 7:15am | 0 comments

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by SWJ Editors | Fri, 06/07/2013 - 4:23pm | 0 comments

The Seven Deadly Sins of Defense Spending - Center for a New American Security report by Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Nora Bensahel, Jacob Stokes, Joel Smith, and Katherine Kidder.

by SWJ Editors | Fri, 06/07/2013 - 1:19am | 0 comments

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