The Promise and Pitfalls of Grand Strategy by Dr. Hal Brands, Strategic Studies Institute. What is “grand strategy,” and why is it seemingly so important and so difficult?
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by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 09/24/2012 - 12:30pm | 26 comments
War: Sometimes There ‘Is’ a Substitute for Victory - Jerusalem Post op-ed by COL Gian Gentile.
by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 09/24/2012 - 12:26am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 09/23/2012 - 7:05am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Sun, 09/23/2012 - 4:51am | 6 comments
USNI has posted the command philosophy of LtCol Christopher Raible, USMC. The CO of Marine Attack Squadron 211, he was KIA in Afghanistan on 14 Sept. at Camp Bastion.
by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 09/22/2012 - 3:53pm | 0 comments
Slain Marine Commander’s Actions Called Heroic by Ernesto Londoño of The Washington Post.
by Dave Dilegge | Sat, 09/22/2012 - 6:18am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 09/21/2012 - 9:22pm | 4 comments
Our annual fundraising campaign is now underway and this is easily the most critical funding effort we have conducted since going hot in 2005. Our goal is $30K, we are at about a paltry $3k.
by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 09/21/2012 - 7:42pm | 4 comments
What if Israel bombed Iran? The view from Washington. Washington Post op-ed by Karim Sadjadpour and Blake Hounshell.
by Dave Dilegge | Fri, 09/21/2012 - 3:28am | 0 comments
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by Robert Bunker | Fri, 09/21/2012 - 1:14am | 11 comments
Mexico Deploys Troops to Outskirts of Mexico City: This deployment may represent another “firebreak” crossed concerning the criminal insurgencies taking place in Mexico.
by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 09/20/2012 - 2:40pm | 0 comments
Viewpoint: Counterinsurgency Lessons From Vietnam by David Donovan / Terry Turner at the BBC.
by Dave Dilegge | Thu, 09/20/2012 - 7:50am | 0 comments
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by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/19/2012 - 1:48pm | 1 comment
Reading lists: The West Point history dept. selects its top 10 military classics by Tom Ricks at his FP blog site Best Defense.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/19/2012 - 12:56pm | 0 comments
The US Army Irregular Warfare Fusion Center is pleased to host Colonel Pat Frank, immediate past commander of 3rd IBCT, 10th MTN Div.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/19/2012 - 12:17pm | 1 comment
Afghanistan: “It’s Just Damage Limitation Now” by Mark Thompson, Time's Battleland.
by Dave Dilegge | Wed, 09/19/2012 - 8:35am | 0 comments
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by Nathan P. Jones | Wed, 09/19/2012 - 12:11am | 0 comments
Mexico's Gulf cartel will likely survive arrest of high-level leaders.
by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 09/18/2012 - 4:42pm | 0 comments
The 33,000-man surge of U.S. forces into Afghansitan has its goal, and will end on schedule at the end of the month, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.
by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 09/18/2012 - 4:34pm | 0 comments
Recent media coverage regarding a change in the ISAF model for assisting Afghanistan’s security forces “is not accurate,” ISAF officials said today.
by Dave Dilegge | Tue, 09/18/2012 - 8:35am | 0 comments
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by Youssef Aboul-Enein, by R. Chandler Swallow | Mon, 09/17/2012 - 7:32pm | 0 comments
Often in warfare and business, the team that can adapt to the new reality fastest wins the next battle.
by SWJ Editors | Mon, 09/17/2012 - 1:01am | 17 comments
Our annual fundraising campaign is now underway and this is easily the most critical funding effort we have conducted since going hot in 2005.
by Robert Bunker | Mon, 09/17/2012 - 12:52am | 0 comments
This new Military Review article supports the perception that a ‘commercial insurgency’ is taking place in Mexico.
by Dave Dilegge | Mon, 09/17/2012 - 12:45am | 0 comments
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