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From The Editor, Robert H. Taylor
From The Editor, Robert H. Taylor
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Cover, Parameters Editors
Cover, Parameters Editors
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Neo-Classical Counterinsurgency?, Frank G. Hoffman
Neo-Classical Counterinsurgency?, Frank G. Hoffman
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Good Anthropology, Bad History: The Cultural Turn In Studying War, Patrick Porter
Good Anthropology, Bad History: The Cultural Turn In Studying War, Patrick Porter
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
A Social Network Approach To Understanding An Insurgency, Brian Reed
A Social Network Approach To Understanding An Insurgency, Brian Reed
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Book Reviews, Parameters Editors
Book Reviews, Parameters Editors
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
China's Nuclear Forces: Operations, Training, Doctrine, Command, Control And Campaign Planning, Larry M. Wortzel Dr.
China's Nuclear Forces: Operations, Training, Doctrine, Command, Control And Campaign Planning, Larry M. Wortzel Dr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
Recent books and journal articles published in China provide new insights into nuclear doctrine, operations, training, and the employment of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) strategic rocket forces. The major insights come from exploiting sections of a doctrinal text published for PLA institutions of higher military education by the Chinese National Defense University, A Guide to the Study of Campaign Theory (Zhanyi Lilun Xuexi Zhinan). In the view of many in the PLA, the military power of the United States, the potential to use that power to coerce or dominate China, and the ability to threaten China’s pursuit of its …
Ukraine's Military Between East And West, Marybeth Peterson Ulrich Professor
Ukraine's Military Between East And West, Marybeth Peterson Ulrich Professor
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
America’s new allies in Central and Eastern Europe have been struggling with defense reform since the end of the Cold War. Only recently since the Orange Revolution has Ukraine’s national political and military leadership seriously engaged the process of radical and comprehensive defense reform. This monograph applies the various roadmaps for reform developed in the post-communist states of Central European states to the emerging Ukrainian case. The author draws upon this mixed picture to suggest a framework focused on key areas in need of reform as well as key conditions that facilitate the achievement of reform objectives. The result is …
Strategic Competition And Resistance In The 21st Century: Irregular, Catastrophic, Traditional, And Hybrid Challenges In Context, Nathan P. Freier Mr.
Strategic Competition And Resistance In The 21st Century: Irregular, Catastrophic, Traditional, And Hybrid Challenges In Context, Nathan P. Freier Mr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
The 2005 National Defense Strategy introduced the now prolific concept of the four challenges--traditional, irregular, catastrophic, and disruptive. Reference to the challenges is now an essential feature of defense deliberations. Yet in spite of the concept’s central place in the defense debates in and out of government, there have been persistent gaps in how the individual challenges are defined and how they should be applied in defense and security policymaking. Written by one of two working-level strategists responsible for the 2005 defense strategy’s conceptual development, this monograph addresses that deficit. It provides the reader with the foundational substance underwriting the …
Biodefense Research Supporting The Dod: A New Strategic Vision, Coleen K. Martinez Colonel
Biodefense Research Supporting The Dod: A New Strategic Vision, Coleen K. Martinez Colonel
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
The author examines the productivity of the Department of Defense’s biodefense research program over the course of more than 35 years, coupled with changes in the global research environment since the events of September 11, 2001. Where the deployment of a biologic agent of mass destruction is largely an unpredictable risk, the outcome certainly could be catastrophic for an unprotected population. An urgent moral imperative is cast upon the federal government, then, to objectively assess the application and management of its biodefense research resources.
Georgia After The Rose Revolution: Geopolitical Predicament And Implications For U.S. Policy, Svante E. Cornell Dr.
Georgia After The Rose Revolution: Geopolitical Predicament And Implications For U.S. Policy, Svante E. Cornell Dr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
The attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, enhanced the importance of both the Transcaucasus and Central Asia to American security. Overflight rights through the Caucasus to Central Asia and Afghanistan are vital components of the ongoing military effort there by both U.S. and NATO forces. But this region has multiple conflicts and fault-lines. As multiple recent crises show, Russo-Georgian tensions connected with South Ossetia and Abkhazia could erupt into open violence at any time. The author outlines the possibilities for conflict in this region and the qualities that make it strategically important, not only for Washington …
North Korea's Military Threat: Pyongyang's Conventional Forces, Weapons Of Mass Destruction, And Ballistic Missiles, Andrew Scobell Dr., John M. Sanford Captain Usn
North Korea's Military Threat: Pyongyang's Conventional Forces, Weapons Of Mass Destruction, And Ballistic Missiles, Andrew Scobell Dr., John M. Sanford Captain Usn
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
North Korea's conventional capabilities have eroded but remain significant, including its sizeable contingent of special operations forces. Meanwhile, Pyongyang continues the vigorous development of its nuclear and missile programs, and has ongoing chemical and biological weapons programs. Perhaps the biggest unanswered questions concern North Korea’s military intentions. Does the Korean People’s Army have an offensive or defensive doctrine? Does Pyongyang intend to use its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles to replace the threat posed by its eroding conventional forces? Or is its intention to use conventional and unconventional forces in what it might view as a winning combination? …
Ethics Training And Development In The Military, Paul Robinson
Ethics Training And Development In The Military, Paul Robinson
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
The 2006 Lebanon War: Lessons Learned, Sarah E. Kreps
The 2006 Lebanon War: Lessons Learned, Sarah E. Kreps
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Book Reviews, Parameters Editors
Book Reviews, Parameters Editors
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Iraq’S Militias: The True Threat To Coalition Success In Iraq, Anthony J. Schwarz
Iraq’S Militias: The True Threat To Coalition Success In Iraq, Anthony J. Schwarz
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Israel’S Uncertain Strategic Future, Louis René Beres
Israel’S Uncertain Strategic Future, Louis René Beres
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Political Warfare In Sub-Saharan Africa: U.S. Capabilities And Chinese Operations In Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, And South Africa, Donovan C. Chau Dr.
Political Warfare In Sub-Saharan Africa: U.S. Capabilities And Chinese Operations In Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, And South Africa, Donovan C. Chau Dr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
Domestic and international terrorism aside, the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), are vying for influence over African governments and people. Not unlike the Cold War, the primary means of exerting influence in Africa is through the use of nonviolent instruments of grand strategy. The author considers one nonviolent instrument of grand strategy in particular, political warfare. He suggests that the PRC has used political warfare as its leading grand strategic instrument in Africa and offers a concise, detailed overview of U.S. capabilities to conduct political warfare in Africa in four of its nation-states.
Chinese Perceptions Of Traditional And Nontraditional Security Threats, Susan L. Craig Ms
Chinese Perceptions Of Traditional And Nontraditional Security Threats, Susan L. Craig Ms
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
To understand the motivations and decisions of China’s leadership and to behave in a manner so that we can influence them, we must try to understand the world as China does. This research is an attempt to do so by examining the writings and opinions of China’s scholars, journalists and leaders--its “influential elite.” China has a comprehensive concept of national security that includes not only defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity, but continuing its economic and social development and maintaining its international stature. The two main types of threats to China’s national security are traditional and nontraditional. The United States, …
Exploring The "Right Size" For China's Military: Pla Missions, Functions, And Organizations, Justin B. Liang Mr., Sarah K. Snyder Dr.
Exploring The "Right Size" For China's Military: Pla Missions, Functions, And Organizations, Justin B. Liang Mr., Sarah K. Snyder Dr.
Articles & Editorials
On October 6, 2006, more than 60 leading experts on China's People’s Liberation Army (PLA) convened at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, for a two-day discussion of the drivers of PLA force modernization. The 2006 PLA Conference was co-sponsored by National Bureau of Asian Research and the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. Entitled "Exploring the 'Right Size' for China's Military: PLA Missions, Functions, and Organization," the conference explored continuities and discontinuities in the forces driving PLA force modernization, assessed how current modernization efforts are linked to national requirements, and examined what such development reveals about China’s national defense …
The Iraq War: Learning From The Past, Adapting To The Present, And Planning For The Future, Thomas R. Mockaitis Dr.
The Iraq War: Learning From The Past, Adapting To The Present, And Planning For The Future, Thomas R. Mockaitis Dr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
Taking full account of the factors beyond the control of the U.S. military and avoiding glib comparisons with Vietnam, the author examines how the American approach to the war in Iraq has affected operations there. He also draws on the experience of other nations, particularly the United Kingdom, to identify broad lessons that might inform the conduct of this and future campaigns. He documents the process by which soldiers and Marines in Iraq have adapted to the challenging situation and incorporated both historic and contemporary lessons into the new counterinsurgency doctrine contained in Field Manual 3-24.
Understanding Indian Insurgencies: Implications For Counterinsurgency Operations In The Third World, Durga Madhab (John) Mitra Deputy Inspector General
Understanding Indian Insurgencies: Implications For Counterinsurgency Operations In The Third World, Durga Madhab (John) Mitra Deputy Inspector General
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
A simple linear model for India has been developed to demonstrate how the degree of inaccessibility of an area, the strength of separate social identity of its population, and the amount of external influence on the area determine the propensity of that area for insurgency. Implications of the Indian model for various aspects of counterinsurgency strategy for the Third World, including economic development, the role of democracy, social and political autonomy, and counterinsurgency operations are discussed. Recommendations for effective counterinsurgency strategy and for long-term stability in these countries are included. India is very complex and provides an ideal window for …
Colombia And The United States--The Partnership: But What Is The Endgame?, Myles R. R. Frechette Ambassador
Colombia And The United States--The Partnership: But What Is The Endgame?, Myles R. R. Frechette Ambassador
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
American Ambassador to Colombia, 1994-97, Myles R. R. Frechette provides authoritative, eloquent, and impassioned perspectives on both the achievements and failures of American and Colombian efforts. He argues that American policy made analytical errors that need to be rectified, including underestimating the long-term complexity and interrelated nature of the problem, while both nations overestimated the amount of support that Colombia would receive from the international community. Moreover, nation-building and the rule of law are strategic imperatives which American policy must take seriously. Finally, it is critical to appreciate that Colombian cultural characteristics sharply influence what Colombians will do on their …
Learning From Iraq: Counterinsurgency In American Strategy, Steven Metz Dr.
Learning From Iraq: Counterinsurgency In American Strategy, Steven Metz Dr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
While the involvement of the United States in counterinsurgency has a long history, it had faded in importance in the years following the end of the Cold War. When American forces first confronted it in Iraq, they were not fully prepared. Since then, the U.S. military and other government agencies have expended much effort to refine their counterinsurgency capabilities. But have they done enough?
The New Totalitarians: Social Identities And Radical Islamist Political Grand Strategy, Douglas J. Macdonald Dr.
The New Totalitarians: Social Identities And Radical Islamist Political Grand Strategy, Douglas J. Macdonald Dr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
The author argues that the social identity theory behind the “clash of civilizations” thesis is useful for analyzing the tasks before us in the “Long War” on Terrorism. The “clash of civilizations” is not actually occurring, he argues, but is rather the end goal of radical Islamist political grand strategy. Radical Islamist terrorists, like the Fascists and Communists before them, cannot allow alternative value systems to exist in areas they control. Their goal is to spread such totalitarian beliefs to the entire Muslim world in order to create a violent “clash” with non-Muslim societies, and, in some versions, radical Islam …
Regional Fears Of Western Primacy And The Future Of U.S. Middle Eastern Basing Policy, W. Andrew Terrill Dr.
Regional Fears Of Western Primacy And The Future Of U.S. Middle Eastern Basing Policy, W. Andrew Terrill Dr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
The United States has a core national interest in maintaining peace and stability in the Middle East as well as containing or eliminating threats emanating from that region. Yet, there is often disagreement on the ways to best achieve these goals. The author seeks to present his analysis of how the United States and other Western states might best address their military cooperation and basing needs within the Middle East, while still respecting and working with an understanding of regional and especially Arab history and concerns. He also provides policy recommendations based upon his analysis.
Challenging Transformation's Clichés, Antulio J. Echevarria Dr.
Challenging Transformation's Clichés, Antulio J. Echevarria Dr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
Critical thinkers analyze and refine ideas underpinning the foundation of American defense policy and military strategy today so the defense community can apply them in strategy and force development. This is an ongoing process: new ideas emerge, are tested, and adopted, revised, or discarded. The author challenges some of the accepted notions that have become foundational to contemporary theories of military transformation. In his view, any endeavor as resource-intensive as military transformation is too important to rest on uncontested truths.
Naval Transformation, Ground Forces, And The Expeditionary Impulse: The Sea-Basing Debate, Geoffrey Till Professor
Naval Transformation, Ground Forces, And The Expeditionary Impulse: The Sea-Basing Debate, Geoffrey Till Professor
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
Reviewing the past, present, and future contribution of maritime forces to the conduct of expeditionary operations, the author concludes that the importance of this contribution is growing. He considers the diplomatic and "good order" roles of maritime forces which enable such operations in the first place. He reviews contemporary naval thinking about the nature and the relevance of sea control, and examines changes in the way maritime power may be projected ashore. Finally, the author analyses the extent to which future sea-basing can enable expeditionary forces can meet the challenges of the 21st century. Using past and recent experience, he …
Iraq, Women's Empowerment And Public Policy, Sherifa D. Zuhur Dr.
Iraq, Women's Empowerment And Public Policy, Sherifa D. Zuhur Dr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
The role and experience of women is not always considered in wartime or during stabilization and reconstruction operations. In Iraq, it is essential to consider women’s needs and the obstacles they now face. The author examines some of the difficulties that attend policy formulation on Iraqi women, who have identified the security situation and basic services as their top priorities. Issues and contours of family law are explained, as the future of family law in emerging Iraq is as yet undetermined. Along with an increased political presence, legal reforms, together with educational and employment opportunities, have been the planks of …
Castro's Cuba: Quo Vadis?, Francisco Wong-Diaz Dr.
Castro's Cuba: Quo Vadis?, Francisco Wong-Diaz Dr.
Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies
The United States, particularly the Army, has a long history of involvement with Cuba. It has included, among others, the Spanish-American War of 1898, military interventions in 1906 and 1912, the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion, the 1962 Missile Crisis, counterinsurgency, and low intensity warfare in Latin America and Africa against Cuban supported guerrilla movements. After almost 5 decades of authoritarian one-man rule, Fidel Castro remains firmly in power. On July 31, his brother, Raul Castro, assumed provisional presidential power after an official announcement that Fidel was ill and would undergo surgery. What would be the strategic and political implications …