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Combined Arms Warfare In The Twentieth Century, Barney Rubel Apr 2018

Combined Arms Warfare In The Twentieth Century, Barney Rubel

Naval War College Review

A retired Army officer formerly on the faculty of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan- sas, Jonathan House has written an up- dated edition of a text he authored in the 1980s to support the education of Army officers. His express intentions are to strip the jargon in order to make the subject intelligible to a more general readership, and to update the book with an analysis of combined-arms progress in the 1990s. The result is a readable and lucid analysis of combined-arms warfare in the twentieth century, a work that a layman can follow without …


Winning Ugly: Nato’S War To Save Kosovo, Tom Fedyszyn Apr 2018

Winning Ugly: Nato’S War To Save Kosovo, Tom Fedyszyn

Naval War College Review

Since the end of the Cold War, Nato has been experiencing an identity crisis that has not yet been completely resolved. In the last decade instability has been Nato’s principal adversary, and the Balkans, as a result of the atrocities of Slobodan Milosevic, became its prime area of inter- est. In March 1999, following the Serb ty- rant’s driving of eight hundred thousand Albanian Kosovars from Serbia, Nato fought, and won, a war to return and protect Kosovo’s Albanian population.


Book Reviews, The U.S. Naval War College Apr 2018

Book Reviews, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

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Another Look At History, Paul G. Halpern Apr 2018

Another Look At History, Paul G. Halpern

Naval War College Review

Stephen Roskill’s two-volume Naval Policy between the Wars (London: Collins, 1968 and 1976) has dominated the history of Britain’s interwar navy. Roskill—author of the official British naval history of World War II—had a vast store of knowledge, as well as personal experience and contacts with many of the individuals about whom he wrote.


In My View, Thomas M. Nichols, Albert J. Mauroni Apr 2018

In My View, Thomas M. Nichols, Albert J. Mauroni

Naval War College Review

I am pleased that in his review of my book, The Russian Presidency (Naval War College Review, Summer 2001, pp. 165–8), Sergei Khrushchev agreed with me (and we are among a very few in the scholarly community who have agreed on this issue) that presidentialism will serve Russia better than the parliamentary alternative. But elsewhere, Dr. Khrushchev disagrees with me, and I am writing not only to clarify to readers of the Review the nature of that disagreement but also to take issue with places where I believe he has mischaracterized the book.


Our Special Correspondent, Geoffrey Wawro Apr 2018

Our Special Correspondent, Geoffrey Wawro

Naval War College Review

In Frankfurt airport, I witnessed an unexpected phenomenon. The Iran Air flight that will carry me to Tehran is disgorging its Frankfurt-bound load of passengers, Iranians all. As they disembark, the women stop in the departure lounge to remove their hejabs—chador, rouposh, and head scarf—and brazenly comb out their hair before applying makeup to face and nails. Already I begin to doubt the severity of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Back- sliding like this in the early days of the revolution would have been punished by black-shirted “mor- als police.” When my outbound flight is called, dozens of homeward-bound women …


“No Bad Stories”, Douglas Porch Apr 2018

“No Bad Stories”, Douglas Porch

Naval War College Review

Media-military relations have always been rocky; the basic explanation is that the natures and goals of the media and military are fundamentally in tension. Future trends are likely to make these relations more, rather than less, difficult. Nevertheless, the two institutions must recognize that it is in the interests of both to make the relationship work.


Naval Power For A New American Century, Roger W. Barnett Apr 2018

Naval Power For A New American Century, Roger W. Barnett

Naval War College Review

Today, with the free use of the sea, the air over the sea, space, and cyberspace; with the power of information superiority enabled by networking; with long-range precision weapons; with the development of new, abundant, and affordable sensors to illuminate the future battlespace; and with the techniques of information warfare, navies are far more able than ever before to influence events ashore rapidly, directly, and decisively.


What Do We Mean By “Transformation”?, Andrew L. Ross, Michèle A. Flournoy, Cindy Williams Apr 2018

What Do We Mean By “Transformation”?, Andrew L. Ross, Michèle A. Flournoy, Cindy Williams

Naval War College Review

What is “defense transformation” (by whatever name), and how might it affect strategy? What might it cost, and how could its cost affect military forces? What systemic impediments to implementation does it face, and what are its competitors in the budgetary realm? A distinguished panel of the Secretary of the Navy’s Current Strategy Forum held at the Naval War College on 12–13 June 2001 addressed these issues from various perspectives.


When Lawyers Advise Presidents In Wartime, James E. Baker Apr 2018

When Lawyers Advise Presidents In Wartime, James E. Baker

Naval War College Review

The potentially poor fit between traditional categories of military objective and the reality of conflict in which targets fall on a continuum of judgment between military and civilian becomes more perilous in an age of international scrutiny where good-faith differences of view can take on criminal implications.


President’S Forum, Rodney P. Rempt Apr 2018

President’S Forum, Rodney P. Rempt

Naval War College Review

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From The Editors, Alberto R. Coll Apr 2018

From The Editors, Alberto R. Coll

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological And Chemical Warfare In The Ancient World, Zygmunt Dembek, Adrienne Mayor Apr 2018

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological And Chemical Warfare In The Ancient World, Zygmunt Dembek, Adrienne Mayor

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Castles Of Steel: Britain, Germany, And The Winning Of The Great War At Sea, David A. Smith, Robert K. Massie Apr 2018

Castles Of Steel: Britain, Germany, And The Winning Of The Great War At Sea, David A. Smith, Robert K. Massie

Naval War College Review

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Dialogue Sustained: The Multilevel Peace Proces And The Dartmouth Conference, Rose Gottemoeller, James Voorhees Apr 2018

Dialogue Sustained: The Multilevel Peace Proces And The Dartmouth Conference, Rose Gottemoeller, James Voorhees

Naval War College Review

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Effects Based Operations: Applying Network-Centric Warfare In Peace, Crisis, And War, Roger W. Barnett, Edward A. Smith Jr. Apr 2018

Effects Based Operations: Applying Network-Centric Warfare In Peace, Crisis, And War, Roger W. Barnett, Edward A. Smith Jr.

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Nuclear Weapons And Indian Security; India’S Maritime Security, Andrew C. Winner, Bharat Karnad, Rahul Roy-Chaudhury Apr 2018

Nuclear Weapons And Indian Security; India’S Maritime Security, Andrew C. Winner, Bharat Karnad, Rahul Roy-Chaudhury

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights, Ronald Ratcliff, Douglas A. Macgregor Apr 2018

Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights, Ronald Ratcliff, Douglas A. Macgregor

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


The Iraq War: A Military History, F. G. Hoffman, Williamson Murray, Robert H. Scales Jr. Apr 2018

The Iraq War: A Military History, F. G. Hoffman, Williamson Murray, Robert H. Scales Jr.

Naval War College Review

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Commentary—The Naval Historical Collection: Recent Acquisitions, Evelyn M. Cherpak Apr 2018

Commentary—The Naval Historical Collection: Recent Acquisitions, Evelyn M. Cherpak

Naval War College Review

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The Submarine, 1776–1918, Frank Uhlig Jr. Apr 2018

The Submarine, 1776–1918, Frank Uhlig Jr.

Naval War College Review

It developed slowly, then grew swiftly, triumphed astoundingly, and failed decisively.


Space Wei Qi—The Launch Of Shenzhou V, Joan Johnson-Freese Apr 2018

Space Wei Qi—The Launch Of Shenzhou V, Joan Johnson-Freese

Naval War College Review

Whether the United States chooses to return to the moon, go on to Mars, or something in between or beyond, it is not just where that is important, but how. To a large extent, how will involve implicitly or explicitly responding to the first Chinese manned space flight, on 15–16 October 2003. The United States can continue to exclude China from cooperative space efforts, commence a new manned-space-flight race, or initiate an incremental program of space cooperation including the Chinese. The interests of the space program and of the nation would be best served by cooperation.


Stalin’S Big-Fleet Program, Milan L. Hauner Apr 2018

Stalin’S Big-Fleet Program, Milan L. Hauner

Naval War College Review

In the 1930s, Joseph Stalin undertook to build one of the world’s largest navies, a Soviet fleet of battleships and battle cruisers. He did so in the face of well known impediments and shortfalls of geography, finances, and industrial capacity and capability—and in the absence of an obvious and compelling strategic rationale. Why?


A Tale Of Two Fleets—A Russian Perspective On The 1973 Naval Standoff In The Mediterranean, Lyle J. Goldstein, Yuri M. Zhukov Apr 2018

A Tale Of Two Fleets—A Russian Perspective On The 1973 Naval Standoff In The Mediterranean, Lyle J. Goldstein, Yuri M. Zhukov

Naval War College Review

Newly available Russian sources suggest that the superpower naval confrontation during and immediately after the 1973 Arab-Israeli War was more dangerous than has been generally appreciated, and that the Soviet Navy had made remarkable progress in correcting the deficiencies revealed in the Cuban missile crisis only a decade before. The episode is a cautionary case study for the U.S. Navy, which today has another “upstart” navy to consider.


Change And Continuity—The U.S. Coast Guard Today, Thomas H. Collins Apr 2018

Change And Continuity—The U.S. Coast Guard Today, Thomas H. Collins

Naval War College Review

The year 2003 was a watershed for today’s Coast Guard. The Coast Guard’s roles as a military service, as a federal law-enforcement agency, as a regulatory authority, and as a member of the new Department of Homeland Security place it squarely at the center of national initiatives to reduce security risks to our nation.


Full Spring 2004 Issue, The U.S. Naval War College Apr 2018

Full Spring 2004 Issue, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

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In My View, Joseph Forbes, Thomas S. Momiyama Apr 2018

In My View, Joseph Forbes, Thomas S. Momiyama

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Net-Centric Before Its Time—The Jeune École And Its Lessons For Today, Erik J. Dahl Apr 2018

Net-Centric Before Its Time—The Jeune École And Its Lessons For Today, Erik J. Dahl

Naval War College Review

The main caution that the story of the Jeune École offers for advocates of network-centric warfare and American defense transformation is not that they may be wrong in their assessments but that they may be right, too early.


Raeder Versus Wegener—Conflict In German Naval Strategy, Kenneth P. Hansen Apr 2018

Raeder Versus Wegener—Conflict In German Naval Strategy, Kenneth P. Hansen

Naval War College Review

German naval thought between the world wars was defined by a dispute between two distinguished officers: one who critiqued German naval performance in the conflict just ended, the other obliged to meet the very different realities of the war to come. Neither was wholly wrong or entirely correct; the disagreement produced concepts that mark naval doctrine today.


Maritime Terrorism In Southeast Asia—The Abu Sayyaf Threat, Rommel C. Banlaoi Apr 2018

Maritime Terrorism In Southeast Asia—The Abu Sayyaf Threat, Rommel C. Banlaoi

Naval War College Review

The Abu Sayyaf group, originally devoted to the establishment of a radical Islamic state in the Philippines through terrorism, has been fragmented and reduced to banditry by the Philippine military response. Nonetheless, especially by virtue of its inherent maritime capability, it is an important part of the maritime terrorist threat facing Southeast Asia.