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High-Energy Laser Weapons: Overpromising Readiness, Ash Rossiter
High-Energy Laser Weapons: Overpromising Readiness, Ash Rossiter
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
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New Documents Shed Light: Why Did Peacekeepers Withdraw During Rwanda’S 1994 Genocide?, Emily A. Willard
New Documents Shed Light: Why Did Peacekeepers Withdraw During Rwanda’S 1994 Genocide?, Emily A. Willard
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
Why did the international community decide to withdraw United Nations peacekeeping troops from Rwanda during the 1994 genocide? Analysis of newly released documents and results from an international conference with former U.N. and government officials sheds further light on our understanding of what took place leading up to and during the Rwandan genocide. This article focuses on two key moments: 1) the United States’ reluctance to support the peacekeeping mission from before its mandate began and prior to the killing of U.S. troops in Somalia in autumn 1993; and the United States’ central role pushing the United Nations Security Council …
Multidimensionality: Rethinking Power Projection For The 21st Century, David J. Katz
Multidimensionality: Rethinking Power Projection For The 21st Century, David J. Katz
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
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Writing The Official History Of The Joint Intelligence Committee, Michael Goodman
Writing The Official History Of The Joint Intelligence Committee, Michael Goodman
Secrecy and Society
This article recounts the experience of a professional historian in being given the keys to the kingdom: access to the classified vaults of Britain’s Joint Intelligence Committee. This article includes some of the problems in having access, but complying with the sensitivities around official accounts, difficulties in writing a global history, or trying to make the work of a committee interesting and accessible, and of trying to determine the impact of intelligence on policy.
India-Us Relations: From Distant Partners To An Alliance, Vinay Kaura
India-Us Relations: From Distant Partners To An Alliance, Vinay Kaura
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
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