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Water Wars Of The Future: Myth Or Reality?, Gerald J. Krieger

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article provides background and context for regional trends and historic agreements focused on the Nile River Basin, offers a comprehensive assessment of security challenges, and presents focus areas for future investment and cooperation. The policy recommendations will serve American interests better and improve agricultural practices in the region. Without a marked alteration of existing aid from Western countries, the water scarcity situation will continue without significantly producing the required infrastructure improvements.

Information Warfare: Lessons In Inoculation To Disinformation, Meghan Fitzpatrick, Ritu Gill, Jennifer F. Giles

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

While propaganda and disinformation have been used to destabilize opposing forces throughout history, the US military remains unprepared for the way these methods have been adapted to the Internet era. This article explores the modern history of disinformation campaigns and the current state of US military readiness in the face of campaigns from near-peer competitors and proposes education as the best way to prepare US servicemembers to defend against such campaigns.

China’S Global Monopoly On Rare-Earth Elements, Gustavo Ferreira, Jamie Critelli

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article delivers a novel economic analysis of US dependence on China for rare-earth elements and sheds light on how Western nations may exploit the limitations of limit pricing to break China’s global monopoly in rare-earth element production and refinement. This analytical framework, supported by a comprehensive literature review, the application of microeconomic and industrial organization concepts, and two case-study scenarios, provides several policy recommendations to address the most important foreign policy challenge the United States has faced since the end of the Cold War.

A Failure To Innovate: The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, Zhirayr Amirkhanyan

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

The root cause for the defeat of the Armenian forces in the second Nagorno-Karabakh War was flawed military doctrine inherited from the Soviet Union. This article analyzes the major problems faced by Armenia, uncovers the main reasons for unsuccessful innovation, tests empirical findings against some of the most authoritative theories of the field, and outlines current research on the largest state-onstate warfighting of recent years, while substantiating the analysis with established scholarship in the field of military innovation.

In The Spotlight: Dealing With The Russians, Andrew Monaghan

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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"They Will Change The Situation Immediately": Perpetrator Subgroups And Germany's Genocidal Practices In Southwest Africa, James Michael Thaxton

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The genocide of the Herero tribe in German Southwest Africa illuminates the horrors of colonialism broadly and of German settler colonialism more specifically. I contend that the perpetrators of this event can be separated into two broad subgroups, the Old Africans and the Metropole Soldiers, distinguished by their intentions, exploitative and exterminatory respectively, concerning the indigenous tribes. Those intentions were formed over varying lengths of time but are the result of either firsthand experience with the racial hierarchy in the colony or relying on information and misinformation relayed to the metropole. Utilizing primarily letters, diaries, journals, and postcards, I argue …

Middle East Lessons For America, Will Gunzelman

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This presentation provides the talking points from a discussion on the Middle East, Russian “Siege and Starve” tactics, and the need to recognize agriculture as a U.S. national security issue. Presented to the Cattleman’s Association on February 21, 2022; two days prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Author, Will Gunzelman, retired from U.S. Army Special Forces (“Green Berets”) after 27 years of service and numerous combat deployments.

Keywords: Middle East, Russia, Ukraine, Agriculture, National Security, National Defense, Foreign Policy, Political Science, Farming, Ranching, Great Power Competition (GPC), Warfare, Economics, Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan , NATO, Food Shortage

Interview With Dewitte Thackston, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

DeWitte Thackston interviewed by Esther Mallard, May 18, 1988. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Interview With Clayton Sheley, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

A part of the "Our Hometown Heroes" series. Clayton Sheley interviewed by Linda Awe, November 13, 1999.

Interview With Jack Mclaughlin, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

Jack McLaughlin was interviewed by an unknown interviewer, January 20, 1988. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Interview With Robert Majors, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

Robert Majors was interviewed by Esther Mallard, December 4, 1992. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Interview With James S. Kenan, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

James S. Kenan was interviewed by Esther Mallard, may 18, 1988. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Presentation By Guy Earle, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

Presentation by Guy Earle, November 5, 1985, at meeting of the 8th Air Force Historical Society. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Interview With William L. Cook, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

William (Bill) L. Cook interviewed by "Hanson," October 14, 1985. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Interview With C.D. Collins, Jr, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

A part of the "Our Home Town Heroes" series. C.D. Collins, Jr, interviewed by Dr. Daniel Good, November 13, 1999. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Interview With Moses M. Coleman, Jr, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

Moses M. Coleman, Jr, interviewed by Esther Mallard, March 3, 1993. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Interview With John T. Coleman, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

A part of the "Our Home Town Heroes" series. John T. Coleman interviewed by Susan Moody, November 13, 1999. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Interview With William Brannen, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

A part of the "Our Hometown Heroes" series. William Brannen interviewed by Linda Awe, November 13, 1999.

Interview With Elizabeth Ann Baughman, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

Elizabeth Ann Baughman, née McKinnon, interviewed by Esther Mallard, April 5, 1988. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!

Interview With Carl Atwell, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection

A part of the "Our Home Town Heroes" series. Carl Atwell interviewed by Linda Awe, November 13, 1999. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!