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Imitating Us Doctrine Cost Europe Its Heavy Combat Power, Bence Nemeth 2026 US Army War College

Imitating Us Doctrine Cost Europe Its Heavy Combat Power, Bence Nemeth

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article argues that Europe’s loss of heavy combat power is primarily the result of doctrinal shifts influenced by the United States, rather than underfunding alone. Unlike existing research that focuses on defense budgets or burden-sharing, this study isolates the opportunity costs of adopting US-based expeditionary and counterinsurgency doctrines. Using force structure data for Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom (1990–2022), it conducts a counterfactual analysis of lost tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and heavy artillery pieces. The article shows that Europe’s shortfalls are doctrinal as much as fiscal and highlights the relevance of maintaining balance in future doctrinal choices.


Spezialpropaganda: The East German Military’S Covert Information-Warfare Program, Joe Cheravitch 2026 US Army War College

Spezialpropaganda: The East German Military’S Covert Information-Warfare Program, Joe Cheravitch

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article details the East German military’s extensive, innovative covert-propaganda program, which was designed to influence West German attitudes for almost two decades during the Cold War. Unlike existing scholarship that primarily addresses intelligence-led disinformation, this study exclusively analyzes military-led information warfare. The article uses previously classified East German military records to examine capabilities and tactics ranging from fake conscription notices to radio broadcasts. The findings offer contemporary US military planners and practitioners insight into the complexities of integrating information-warfare capabilities, measuring the effectiveness of propaganda, and understanding adversarial influence campaigns, with direct implications for current Joint Force planning and …


Hiroshima And The Birth Of The Perilous Present, Scott M. White 2026 Liberty University

Hiroshima And The Birth Of The Perilous Present, Scott M. White

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

This article explores how the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 not only marked a transformative moment in military and political history but also set a lasting precedent for modern global risk. By examining the implications of Hiroshima, this paper will delve into how the initial decision to use nuclear force instigated a high-stakes period of unprecedented risk management that extends to today's geopolitics, nuclear proliferation, and even international policy on climate and technology. This article will argue that the atomic history of Hiroshima established the world’s first encounter with existential weaponry and its accompanying ethical challenges, thereby laying the …


Lines In The Sky: American Air Defense Strategy 1950-1958, Jacob A. Battle 2026 Liberty University

Lines In The Sky: American Air Defense Strategy 1950-1958, Jacob A. Battle

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

In August 1949, the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, abruptly ending the American monopoly on nuclear weapons. While many in the Truman administration had believed that no other nation could construct the bomb, war planners were now faced with the possibility of an "atomic Pearl Harbor". In response, NSC-68 would be published, granting an unprecedented level of attention and investment to developing air defense measures. Throughout the following decade, new command structures coincided with rapid developments in radar, aircraft, and missile technology. Furthermore, the development of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) integrated radar, interceptors, and Nike missile systems …


The Virginia Monument: Dedication, Duty, And Dispute In Gettysburg, Thomas Geuther 2026 Gettysburg College

The Virginia Monument: Dedication, Duty, And Dispute In Gettysburg, Thomas Geuther

CAFE Symposium 2026

This project provides an overview of the Virginia Monument located on West Confederate Avenue in Gettysburg. This includes the history of the monument, the creation process, challenges, and controversies found in both the past and present. The establishment of the Virginia Monument provides context for an American nation that found itself recovering from civil war while simultaneously preparing for a new test of determination and highlights the dispute surrounding Confederate monuments in the country.


South Carolina Monument At Gettysburg, Brayden Danbury 2026 Gettysburg College

South Carolina Monument At Gettysburg, Brayden Danbury

CAFE Symposium 2026

This poster details the context, inscription, and dedication surrounding the South Carolina monument at Gettysburg, and its ties to the memory of the Civil War.


News Briefs, Marvin H. Jeter III, Joyce Shaw 2026 Mississippi Library Commission

News Briefs, Marvin H. Jeter Iii, Joyce Shaw

Mississippi Libraries

News updates from Gunter Library at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory and from the Mississippi Library Commission.


Review Of "Soldiers In Peacemaking: The Role Of The Military At The End Of War, 1800–Present" Edited By Beatrice De Graaf, Frédéric Dessberg And Thomas Vaisset, Jean-Michel Turcotte 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "Soldiers In Peacemaking: The Role Of The Military At The End Of War, 1800–Present" Edited By Beatrice De Graaf, Frédéric Dessberg And Thomas Vaisset, Jean-Michel Turcotte

Canadian Military History

Review of Soldiers in Peacemaking: The Role of the Military at the End of War, 1800–present edited by Beatrice de Graaf, Frédéric Dessberg and Thomas Vaisset


Review Of "Canada And The Korean War: Histories And Legacies Of A Cold War Conflict" Edited By Andrew Burtch And Tim Cook, Tod Strickland 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "Canada And The Korean War: Histories And Legacies Of A Cold War Conflict" Edited By Andrew Burtch And Tim Cook, Tod Strickland

Canadian Military History

Review of Canada and the Korean War: Histories and Legacies of a Cold War Conflict edited by Andrew Burtch and Tim Cook


Review Of "The Age Of The Gas Mask: How British Civilians Faced The Terrors Of Total War" By Susan R. Grayzel, Kyle Pritchard 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "The Age Of The Gas Mask: How British Civilians Faced The Terrors Of Total War" By Susan R. Grayzel, Kyle Pritchard

Canadian Military History

Review of The Age of the Gas Mask: How British Civilians Faced the Terrors of Total War by Susan R. Grayzel


Review Of "Trauma, Primitivism And The First World War: The Making Of Frank Prewett" By Joy Porter, Rebecca Murray 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "Trauma, Primitivism And The First World War: The Making Of Frank Prewett" By Joy Porter, Rebecca Murray

Canadian Military History

Review of Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett by Joy Porter


Review Of "The Ones We Let Down: Toxic Leadership Culture And Gender Integration In The Canadian Forces" By Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, Rebecca Murray 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "The Ones We Let Down: Toxic Leadership Culture And Gender Integration In The Canadian Forces" By Charlotte Duval-Lantoine, Rebecca Murray

Canadian Military History

Review of The Ones We Let Down: Toxic Leadership Culture and Gender Integration in the Canadian Forces by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine


Review Of "The Good Allies: How Canada And The United States Fought Together To Defeat Fascism In The Second World War" By Tim Cook, Scott Mair 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "The Good Allies: How Canada And The United States Fought Together To Defeat Fascism In The Second World War" By Tim Cook, Scott Mair

Canadian Military History

Review of The Good Allies: How Canada in the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism in the Second World War by Tim Cook


Review Of "Frontier Science: Northern Canada, Military Research, And The Cold War, 1945-1970" By Matthew S. Wiseman, Adam Coombs 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "Frontier Science: Northern Canada, Military Research, And The Cold War, 1945-1970" By Matthew S. Wiseman, Adam Coombs

Canadian Military History

Review of Frontier Science: Northern Canada, Military Research, and the Cold War, 1945-1970 by Matthew S. Wiseman


Review Of "Canada’S Air Force: The Royal Canadian Air Force At 100" By David J. Bercuson, Adam Coombs 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "Canada’S Air Force: The Royal Canadian Air Force At 100" By David J. Bercuson, Adam Coombs

Canadian Military History

Review of Canada’s Air Force: The Royal Canadian Air Force at 100 by David J. Bercuson


Review Of "An Army Of Never-Ending Strength: Reinforcing The Canadians In Northwest Europe, 1944-45" By Arthur W. Gullachsen, Daniel Byers 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "An Army Of Never-Ending Strength: Reinforcing The Canadians In Northwest Europe, 1944-45" By Arthur W. Gullachsen, Daniel Byers

Canadian Military History

Review of An Army of Never-Ending Strength: Reinforcing the Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 by Arthur W. Gullachsen


Review Of "World War Zoos: Humans And Other Animals In The Deadliest Conflict Of The Modern Age" By John M. Kinder, Matthew Barrett 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "World War Zoos: Humans And Other Animals In The Deadliest Conflict Of The Modern Age" By John M. Kinder, Matthew Barrett

Canadian Military History

Review of World War Zoos: Humans and Other Animals in the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern Age by John M. Kinder


Review Of "The Virtuous Wehrmacht: Crafting The Myth Of The German Soldier On The Eastern Front, 1941-1944" By David A. Harrisville And "Prevail Until The Bitter End: Germans In The Waning Years Of World War Ii" By Alexandra Lohse, Matthew Barrett 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "The Virtuous Wehrmacht: Crafting The Myth Of The German Soldier On The Eastern Front, 1941-1944" By David A. Harrisville And "Prevail Until The Bitter End: Germans In The Waning Years Of World War Ii" By Alexandra Lohse, Matthew Barrett

Canadian Military History

Review of The Virtuous Wehrmacht: Crafting the Myth of the German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944 by David A. Harrisville and Prevail until the Bitter End: Germans in the Waning Years of World War II by Alexandra Lohse


Review Of "Hitler’S Deserters: Breaking Ranks With The Wehrmacht" By Douglas Carl Peifer, Matthew Barrett 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "Hitler’S Deserters: Breaking Ranks With The Wehrmacht" By Douglas Carl Peifer, Matthew Barrett

Canadian Military History

Review of Hitler’s Deserters: Breaking Ranks with the Wehrmacht by Douglas Carl Peifer


Review Of "For Russia With Hitler: White Russian Émigrés And The German-Soviet War" By Oleg Beyda, Matthew Barrett 2026 Wilfrid Laurier University

Review Of "For Russia With Hitler: White Russian Émigrés And The German-Soviet War" By Oleg Beyda, Matthew Barrett

Canadian Military History

Review of For Russia with Hitler: White Russian émigrés and the German-Soviet War by Oleg Beyda


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