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The Unsuspected Francis Lieber, Richard Salomon May 2018

The Unsuspected Francis Lieber, Richard Salomon

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

"The Unsuspected Francis Lieber" examines paradoxes in the life and work of Francis Lieber. Lieber is best known as the author of the 1863 "Lieber Code," the War Department's General Order No. 100. It was the first modern statement of the law of armed conflict. This paper questions whether the Lieber Code was truly humanitarian, especially in view of its valorization of military necessity. Also reviewed is the contrast between the Code's extraordinarily favorable treatment of African-Americans and Lieber's personal history of slave-holding.

Lieber's shift from civil libertarian to authoritarian after 1857, as exemplified by his support of Lincoln's suspension …


Right Vs. Right: Personal Beliefs Vs. Professional Obligations, Linell A. Letendre, Martin L. Cook Mar 2018

Right Vs. Right: Personal Beliefs Vs. Professional Obligations, Linell A. Letendre, Martin L. Cook

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Commentary And Reply, Usawc Press Mar 2018

Commentary And Reply, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Us Landpower And An Indo-American Alliance, Samir Tata Mar 2018

Us Landpower And An Indo-American Alliance, Samir Tata

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii Mar 2018

From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Emory Upton And The Us Army, Paul C. Jussel Mar 2018

Emory Upton And The Us Army, Paul C. Jussel

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Ltg Mafarland: Insights On Illusions Of Victory And Iraq, Russell W. Glenn Mar 2018

Ltg Mafarland: Insights On Illusions Of Victory And Iraq, Russell W. Glenn

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Avoiding Nation-Building: From Nixon To Trump, Dominic Tierney Mar 2018

Avoiding Nation-Building: From Nixon To Trump, Dominic Tierney

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Countering Russian Meddling In Us Political Processes, James P. Farwell Mar 2018

Countering Russian Meddling In Us Political Processes, James P. Farwell

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Countering Russian Disinformation, Timothy P. Mcgeehan Mar 2018

Countering Russian Disinformation, Timothy P. Mcgeehan

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Victory Without Casualties: Russia's Information Operations, T. S. Allen, A. J. Moore Mar 2018

Victory Without Casualties: Russia's Information Operations, T. S. Allen, A. J. Moore

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Brexit And The Anglo-American Security And Defense Partnership, James K. Wither Mar 2018

Brexit And The Anglo-American Security And Defense Partnership, James K. Wither

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Brexit And Transatlantic Security, Arthur I. Cyr Mar 2018

Brexit And Transatlantic Security, Arthur I. Cyr

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, Usawc Press Mar 2018

Book Reviews, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Making Peace: Next Steps In Colombia, Seth Cantey, Ricardo Correa Nov 2017

Making Peace: Next Steps In Colombia, Seth Cantey, Ricardo Correa

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

After a brief history of the longest-running insurgency in the Western Hemisphere, this article contextualizes recent developments in the transition of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to legal politics in Colombia. The authors also provide policy recommendations for the US Department of Defense.


Clausewitz's Theory Of War And Victory In Contemporary Conflict, Emile Simpson Nov 2017

Clausewitz's Theory Of War And Victory In Contemporary Conflict, Emile Simpson

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article considers whether Clausewitz’s account of the nature of war is universal to all wars, in order then to assess how far his concept of victory is universal. While aspects of Clausewitz’s concept of war are still universal, others are not. Accordingly, his theory of victory is not universal to all wars, and especially not to wars fought against transnational terrorist networks.


Deterrence & Security Assistance: The South China Sea, Tommy Ross Nov 2017

Deterrence & Security Assistance: The South China Sea, Tommy Ross

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article identifies how the United States can apply security assistance to support regional security in the South China Sea in order to counter China’s assertive expansion strategy.


Lessons Unlearned: Army Transformation And Low-Intensity Conflict, Pat Proctor Nov 2017

Lessons Unlearned: Army Transformation And Low-Intensity Conflict, Pat Proctor

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article examines the US Army’s experiences and lessons learned during military interventions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. It explores why these lessons did not affect the Army transformation, directed in the late-1990s by James M. Dubik, John W. Hendrix, John N. Abrams, and Eric K. Shinseki.


The Belarus Factor In European Security, Alexander Lanoszka Nov 2017

The Belarus Factor In European Security, Alexander Lanoszka

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article challenges strategists to reconsider longheld assumptions associated with the alliance between Belarus and Russia when planning military support for the Baltic states.


Parameters Winter 2017 – 2018, Usawc Press Nov 2017

Parameters Winter 2017 – 2018, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


The Geopolitics Of Rare Earth Elements: Emerging Challenge For U.S. National Security And Economics, Bert Chapman Nov 2017

The Geopolitics Of Rare Earth Elements: Emerging Challenge For U.S. National Security And Economics, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Rare earth elements (REE) contain unique chemical and physical properties such as lanthanum, are found in small concentrations, need extensive precise processes to separate, and are critical components of modern technologies such as laser guidance systems, personal electronics such as IPhones, satellites, and military weapons systems as varied as Virginia-class fast attack submarines, DDG- 51 Aegis destroyers, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and precision guided munitions. The U.S. has some rare earth resources, but is heavily dependent on access to them from countries as varied as Afghanistan, Bolivia, and China. Losing access to these resources would have significant adverse economic, …


From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii Nov 2017

From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Navigating The Third Offset Strategy, Damon V. Coletta Nov 2017

Navigating The Third Offset Strategy, Damon V. Coletta

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article suggests adding a “craftsman” at lower ranks to steer private-sector projects through the Third Offset Strategy. This strategy was established by experienced leadership at the Pentagon to increase military acquisitions of automation and artificial intelligence technology.


Will War's Nature Change In The Seventh Military Revolution?, F. G. Hoffman Nov 2017

Will War's Nature Change In The Seventh Military Revolution?, F. G. Hoffman

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article examines the potential implications of the combinations of robotics, artificial intelligence, and deep learning systems on the character and nature of war. The author employs Carl von Clausewitz’s trinity concept to discuss how autonomous weapons will impact the essential elements of war. The essay argues war’s essence, as politically directed violence fraught with friction, will remain its most enduring aspect, even if more intelligent machines are involved at every level.


Expansibility And Army Intelligence, Rose P. Keravuori Nov 2017

Expansibility And Army Intelligence, Rose P. Keravuori

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article provides insights valuable to transitioning America’s military intelligence resources from counterinsurgency operations to the force necessary for responding to a near-peer competitor in a major war.


Expansibility And Army Special Operations Forces, Eric P. Shwedo Nov 2017

Expansibility And Army Special Operations Forces, Eric P. Shwedo

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article examines how Army Special Operations might prepare to expand in the event of a major war by resolving impediments to growth, improving recall procedures, and developing plans to expand training capacities.


Geopolitics Of Rare Earth Elements, Bert Chapman Oct 2017

Geopolitics Of Rare Earth Elements, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Rare earth elements (REE) contain unique chemical physical properties such as lanthamum, are found in small concentrations, need extensive precise properties to separate, and are critical components of modern technologies such as laser guidance systems, personal electronics such as IPhones, satellites, and military weapons systems as varied as Virginia-class fast attack submarines, DDG-51 Aegis destroyers, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and precision guided munitions. The U.S. has some rare earth resources, but is heavily dependent on access to them from countries as varied as Afghanistan, Bolivia, and China. Losing access to these resources would have significant adverse economic, military, and …


Loving, Hector Voltaire, 1839-1913 (Sc 3123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2017

Loving, Hector Voltaire, 1839-1913 (Sc 3123), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text typescript (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3123. Letter, 31 July 1862, of Hector V. Loving, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Harlan P. Lloyd, Angelica, New York. He tells his former schoolmate of his law study and practice since graduation from New York’s Hamilton College, and particularly describes the uproar in his home town of Bowling Green, Kentucky at the outbreak of the Civil War: secessionist “treason,” the Confederate occupation, and the rebuilding of the city afterward. He also refers to their classmate and law student Daniel Webster Wright as a “violent” secessionist.


Achieving Organizational Flexibility Through Ambidexterity, Patricia M. Shields, Donald S. Travis Jun 2017

Achieving Organizational Flexibility Through Ambidexterity, Patricia M. Shields, Donald S. Travis

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Us Air Force Airlift And The Army's Relevance, Robert C. Owen Jun 2017

Us Air Force Airlift And The Army's Relevance, Robert C. Owen

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.