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The Limits Of Intelligence In Maritimecounterproliferation Operations, Craig H. Allen Mar 2018

The Limits Of Intelligence In Maritimecounterproliferation Operations, Craig H. Allen

Naval War College Review

It might come as a surprise to many of those immersed in the current debate over how best to guard against the further proliferation of weapons of mass destruc- tion (WMD) that the alarm over the “growing number of nations in positions to acquire mass annihilation weapons” and the potentially synergistic threat of state-sponsored terrorism was sounded at least two decades ago, in Reagan-era naval maritime strategy documents authored by Admiral James Watkins.

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Strategic Culture And Its Relationship To Naval Strategy, Roger W. Barnett Mar 2018

Strategic Culture And Its Relationship To Naval Strategy, Roger W. Barnett

Naval War College Review

At the Naval War College’s Current Strategy Forum in June 2006, the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Michael Mullen, called for the creation of a new maritime strategy. The key for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard in for- mulating a new strategy will be in describing how, within the context of a national military strategy, maritime forces can make a strategic difference.

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President’S Forum, Jake L. Shuford Mar 2018

President’S Forum, Jake L. Shuford

Naval War College Review

There have been a number of attempts over the past decade to create a coherent and comprehensive education policy for the Navy and a strat- egy to implement it. Efforts over the past year have been very encouraging, and it appears that we may well be moving toward realizing this objective. In his Guid- ance for 2007, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) has advanced the primary objective of completing and executing a Navy Education Strategy that emphasizes “critical thinking, leadership, cultural awareness, jointness, innovation, and adaptability.”One certain thing that this strategy must do is to ensure an inventory of …

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From The Editors, The U.S. Naval War College Press Mar 2018

From The Editors, The U.S. Naval War College Press

Naval War College Review

As the Navy, the Naval War College in particular, continues to work toward the articulation of a new maritime strategy, it is well to be reminded that such a strategy will encompass more than the Navy itself. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chief of Naval Operations, has introduced the concept of the “thousand-ship navy” in order to underline the vital role of international cooperation in the maritime domain to meet the threats of today and tomorrow.

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Summer 2008 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College Mar 2018

Summer 2008 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

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In My View, Timothy R. Dring Mar 2018

In My View, Timothy R. Dring

Naval War College Review

I was very interested to read Dr. Scott Truver’s recent article “Mines and Under- water IEDs in U.S. Ports and Waterways” in the Winter 2008 edition of the Re- view. I was all the more interested because of my own involvement with this issue in the 1980s and early 1990s as part of the Navy’s previous Maritime Defense Zone program along the U.S. East Coast.

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Assignment Pentagon: How To Excel In A Bureaucracy, 4th Ed., Albert J. Shimkus Mar 2018

Assignment Pentagon: How To Excel In A Bureaucracy, 4th Ed., Albert J. Shimkus

Naval War College Review

For this, the fourth edition of his well received book, Major General Perry M. Smith, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), has added a coauthor, Colonel Daniel M. Gerstein, U.S. Army (Ret.). Colonel Gerstein served for twenty-six years in combat, peace, and humanitarian operations. He also served in the Pentagon for al- most ten years in senior advisory and leadership roles. This edition has been expanded into sixteen chapters, each adding consider- able value to the publication. One of the more interesting and vital chapters for properly grasping the workings of “the building” is devoted to “under- standing the process.”

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Brown Waters Of Africa: Portuguese Riverine Warfare, 1961–1974, Martin N. Murphy Mar 2018

Brown Waters Of Africa: Portuguese Riverine Warfare, 1961–1974, Martin N. Murphy

Naval War College Review

Counterinsurgency warfare is what used to be called “colonial warfare.” Although the association might make some people uncomfortable—Americans perhaps more than most, given their aversion to colonialism—much of the strategic intent and many of the tactics, techniques, and procedures of modern counterinsurgency derive directly from the colonial wars and police actions of the past.

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Defending The Homeland: Historical Perspectives On Radicalism, Terrorism,And State Responses, Randy L. Unger Mar 2018

Defending The Homeland: Historical Perspectives On Radicalism, Terrorism,And State Responses, Randy L. Unger

Naval War College Review

Defending the Homeland is not about homeland defense as defined by the De- fense Department—the military defense of U.S. territory from external attack. Rather, what the editors provide is a wide-ranging examination of, first, how the United States has responded to a va- riety of internal and external threats over its history and, second, how soci- etal reactions to terrorism may unin- tentionally encourage the terrorist mind-set. The volume comprises nine academic essays from among those sub- mitted to the 2005 Senator Rush D. Holt History Conference at West Vir- ginia University.

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

Book Reviews, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

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Research & Debate, Wang Wei Mar 2018

Research & Debate, Wang Wei

Naval War College Review

Weaponry and concepts (that is to say, combat theory, or more specifically, doctrine regarding the practical employment of some specific weapon) have en- dured as themes of warfare throughout the history of mankind. From the perspective of their development, there has always been an interactive relation- ship between weaponry and combat theory. Lack of coordination in the development of these two elements has led to a spiral in which one continually supersedes the other.

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Admiral Richard G. Colbert, John B. Hattendorf Mar 2018

Admiral Richard G. Colbert, John B. Hattendorf

Naval War College Review

Most people who serve in navies or devote their days to writing and thinking about naval power take almost for granted the concept that navies are an expression of national power and therefore, in modern terminology, reinforce nationalism. We have become almost hypnotized by the idea that there is a continuum from national policy to naval strategy and tactics.

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Developing The Navy’S Operational Leaders, Christopher D. Hayes Mar 2018

Developing The Navy’S Operational Leaders, Christopher D. Hayes

Naval War College Review

Admiral Mullen’s words accurately reflect the Navy’s traditional pronounce- ment on leadership. Yet for most of the past century the Navy has struggled to define formally and institutionalize its development process for naval leaders. Just as the Navy accepts that “everything starts and ends with leadership,” it comfortably assumes that leadership “just happens,” as a natural derivative of operational assignments.

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Reflections On Future War, Mackubin Thomas Owens Mar 2018

Reflections On Future War, Mackubin Thomas Owens

Naval War College Review

Part of preparing for war is to understand it. What is the nature of war? What is the character of war? Will war in the future be like war in the past? These are critical questions that today’s military professional must attempt to answer. Unfortunately, our track record is not very good. To envision the future is to “look through a glass darkly.” A case in point is the debate that took place a decade ago in the wake of the Cold War’s end and Operation DESERT STORM, the first Gulf War, of 1991.

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China And The United States In The Indian Ocean, James R. Holmes, Toshi Yoshihara Mar 2018

China And The United States In The Indian Ocean, James R. Holmes, Toshi Yoshihara

Naval War College Review

The Asian seas today are witnessing an intriguing historical anomaly—the simultaneous rises of two homegrown maritime powers against the backdrop of U.S. dominion over the global commons. The drivers behind this apparent irregularity in the Asian regional order are, of course, China and India. Their aspi- rations for great-power status and, above all, their quests for energy security have compelled both Beijing and New Delhi to redirect their gazes from land to the seas.

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Revisiting Taiwan’S Defense Strategy, William S. Murray Mar 2018

Revisiting Taiwan’S Defense Strategy, William S. Murray

Naval War College Review

China’s recent military modernization has fundamentally altered Taiwan’s security options. New Chinese submarines, advanced surface-to-air mis- siles, and, especially, short-range ballistic and land-attack cruise missiles have greatly reduced Taiwan’s geographic advantage. Taipei can no longer expect to counter Chinese military strengths in a symmetrical manner, with Patriot inter- ceptors, diesel submarines, surface warships, F-16 fighters, and P-3 maritime pa- trol aircraft.

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President’S Forum, Jake L. Shuford Mar 2018

President’S Forum, Jake L. Shuford

Naval War College Review

This August the Naval War College will host a very significant event—Global War Game 2008. This game marks the Navy’s return to “Title X” war gaming, a strategic-level analytic activity that was discontinued in 2001.* The College originated this type of gaming in 1979, when the Navy decided to explore conflict with the Soviet Union on a worldwide scale. Its purpose was to help rebuild the Navy’s operational and strategic perspective, a perspective many felt had become too narrowly tactical.

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From The Editors, The U.S. Naval War College Mar 2018

From The Editors, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

On 22 March, in an exemplary display of democracy in action that seems to have been little noticed in this country, the people of Taiwan voted by an unexpect- edly large margin to reject the presidential candidate of the governing Demo- cratic Progressive Party in favor of the leader of the main opposition party, the Kuomintang. President-elect Ma Ying-jeou promises to be a more predictable and reliable interlocutor for the United States than outgoing President Chen Shui-bian, who has antagonized both Beijing and Washington in recent years by pressing in various ways the envelope of Taiwanese independence.

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Rebel Governance In Civil War: Variations In Rebel Governance - A Case Study Analysis., Harriet Ann Sellers Mar 2018

Rebel Governance In Civil War: Variations In Rebel Governance - A Case Study Analysis., Harriet Ann Sellers

LSU Master's Theses

Insurgent groups vary in how they interact with civilians. Some insurgent groups perform government functions to further their political objectives during civil war, whilst other rebel groups use solely violent means. Why do some insurgent groups perform governance functions to further their political objectives, whilst others interact very little with the local population? I seek to explain the variation in rebel governance, which I argue is motivated by the objective of the insurgency. More specifically, I argue that secessionist insurgencies are more likely to implement governance structures than non-secessionist insurgent groups. Using an in-depth case study analysis, I found varying …

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In My View, James Goldrick Mar 2018

In My View, James Goldrick

Naval War College Review

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Spying On The Nuclear Bear: Anglo-American Intelligence And The Soviet Bomb, Myron Greenberg, Michael S. Goodman Mar 2018

Spying On The Nuclear Bear: Anglo-American Intelligence And The Soviet Bomb, Myron Greenberg, Michael S. Goodman

Naval War College Review

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Fighting Identity: Sacred War And World Change, S. Mike Pavelec, Michael Vlahos Mar 2018

Fighting Identity: Sacred War And World Change, S. Mike Pavelec, Michael Vlahos

Naval War College Review

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Small Boats, Weak States, Dirty Money: Piracy And Maritime Terrorism In The Modern World, Claude Berube, Martin N. Murphy Mar 2018

Small Boats, Weak States, Dirty Money: Piracy And Maritime Terrorism In The Modern World, Claude Berube, Martin N. Murphy

Naval War College Review

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A Leader Becomes A Leader: Inspirational Stories Of Leadership For A New Generation, Richard Norton, J. Kevin Sheehan Mar 2018

A Leader Becomes A Leader: Inspirational Stories Of Leadership For A New Generation, Richard Norton, J. Kevin Sheehan

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

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More Than Three Laws Of Robotics, John Edward Jackson, P. W. Singer Mar 2018

More Than Three Laws Of Robotics, John Edward Jackson, P. W. Singer

Naval War College Review

"Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century"

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Fresh Thinking For An Old Problem—Report Of The Naval War College Workshop On Countering Maritime Piracy, James Kraska Jagc Mar 2018

Fresh Thinking For An Old Problem—Report Of The Naval War College Workshop On Countering Maritime Piracy, James Kraska Jagc

Naval War College Review

Rampant piracy off the Horn of Africa has focused world attention and produced a variety of commentaries and prescriptions. An April 2009 Naval War College workshop of experts in the field pointed to the hard realities behind the platitudes.

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Midway And The Indian Ocean, Jeremy Black Mar 2018

Midway And The Indian Ocean, Jeremy Black

Naval War College Review

The Japanese raid into the Indian Ocean is both a great what-if of World War II and an indication of the importance of Midway. The forces that could have pursued the advantage gained in the Indian Ocean moved instead to the Pacific, to lose four carriers, and many strategic options as well, in the critical June 1942 battle.

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Clear Purpose, Comprehensive Execution—Raymond Ames Spruance (1886–1969), Wayne P. Hughes Jr. Mar 2018

Clear Purpose, Comprehensive Execution—Raymond Ames Spruance (1886–1969), Wayne P. Hughes Jr.

Naval War College Review

From two tours at the Naval War College, Spruance understood both the roles and limitations of doctrine and principles, but the great sources of his success in World War II were luck, selfless ambition, skills acquired from study and experience, and innate talent.

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Using The Land To Control The Sea?—Chinese Analysts Consider The Antiship Ballistic Missile, Andrew S. Erickson, David D. Yang Mar 2018

Using The Land To Control The Sea?—Chinese Analysts Consider The Antiship Ballistic Missile, Andrew S. Erickson, David D. Yang

Naval War College Review

China’s open-source literature does not establish whether that nation has, or is close to having, tactical ballistic missiles capable of effective attacks on surface ships. It does establish, however, that the Chinese are deeply interested in the idea—a potential “game changer” that would critically influence America’s place in the Pacific for decades to come—and heavily engaged in the issues involved, technically and otherwise.

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U.S. Naval Options For Influencing Iran, Daniel Gouré, Rebecca Grant Mar 2018

U.S. Naval Options For Influencing Iran, Daniel Gouré, Rebecca Grant

Naval War College Review

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