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In my Foreign Policy column, I discuss whether Iran's missile-centric strategy could eventually shred the assumptions U.S. military planners have relied on for decades.
"Small Wars Journal Change of Command" by Carl Prine at Line of Departure. Though a change, not one of command.
The History News Network recorded this video of Andrew J. Bacevich speaking at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago, IL, on January 7, 2012. Topic: George C. Marshall Lecture on Military History
Non-state, non-military peacemaking and nation building through dialogue. Defining "We" not "Us" versus "Them"
Mexican Cartel Tactical Note #9: Decapitated Adult Male with Hands and Feet Removed: Found on Side of a Dirt Road Near Marana (Pima County) Arizona.
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Nathan Freier of CSIS critiques the new defense guidance. He sees the Pentagon averting its eyes from wars it doesn't like.
The Fog of Peace by Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason Foreign Policy
A book on the unspoken effects of wide area security
War at Its Worst: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Eric Cummings On Violence
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Assessing Maneuver and Sanctuaries in the Modern World
Expect the Best Behaviour from Our Troops by Kurt Sanger
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H/T Ryan Evans (Yes, the young HTS (defense-mil industrial complex) that Carl Prine and I have been picking on). Pay attention!
Perhaps it is time to stop trying to counter colonial insurgencies and start understanding revolution?
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"Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution" by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Curiously, these works have elicited no serious response by military historians, in spite of the author’s provocations regarding the discipline being founded upon lies.
My Foreign Policy column discusses some risky assumptions inside the Pentagon's new strategic guidance. I also discuss why Gulf Cooperation Council members are still failing to cooperate on Iran.