Maintaining American Military Power In an Age of Uncertainty
by Michael Horowitz
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2011 is a critical year for...
Making a Sandwich in Afghanistan:
How to Assess a Strategic Withdrawal from a Protracted Irregular War
by Paul Rexton Kan
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The dinner...
Intelligence shortcomings lie in how we share and utilize the information and data we have at our disposal.
Using security cooperation to prevent, shape ... and win.
The death of Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika throws the country's stability into question.
Sergio Miller takes an in-depth look at COIN in Malaya
F3EA and D3A are great for what they do – but a flexible plan across all echelons for all planners may be a way to go, especially in a military where manpower could be severely limited in the...
Man Dogs
by Michael Yon
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In David Galula's 1964 book, Counterinsurgency Warfare, Theory and Practice, he states:
"The ideal situation for the insurgent would be a...
Pierce and Zanol offer a concept for maneuver in n-dimensional terrain. Does this provide the conceptual basis to combat "wicked" problems?
Manhunting...from the Sea (Full PDF Article)
Although once considered little more than a nuisance and a force protection issue for overseas troops, terrorism will remain the top priority of our...
Insurgency has evolved in five seminal ways since Mao's time. Ideas and literature on it should too.
A Maoist approach may have produced a more politically meaningful victory with less brutality in the First Congo Civil War.
Maras in Central America
National Security Implications of Gang Activity South of the Border
by COL Terry Saltsman and LTC Ben Welch III, Small Wars Journal
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Marketing Framework in Support of Non-Lethal Fires
by Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Mann
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The purpose of this paper is to put forth an...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Barack Obama, and the U.S. Military
by Captain Timothy Hisa, Small Wars Journal Op-Ed
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On...
Measuring Defense Reform
by Ronald Mangum and Bill Craven
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Measuring Defense Reform
The many plans for withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan recognize that a draw
down...
Mediating Between Crusaders and Conservatives
by Shawn Brimley, Small Wars Journal Op-Ed
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The long simmering debate over American...
Meeting Lt. Col. David Galula - April 1962
by Rufus Phillips, Small Wars Journal Retrospective
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In April 1962, I participated in a RAND...
The Closers Part V:
Mentoring Host Nation Interagency Operations
by Colonel Gary Anderson
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Governments get in trouble when they...
Mentoring on the Edge
or, "What you Don't Learn in a Classroom"
by Colonel John Bessler
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Mentoring on the Edge
The 'Afghan experience' for those who serve overseas...
Mexico's new president Enrique Peña Nieto has trumpeted its proposed reforms, but there are more similarities than differences with the Calderon Administration.
Mexico's Struggle with 'Drugs and Thugs'
SWJ Book Review
by John P. Sullivan
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Mexico is in the...
Mexico: The Accidental Narco?
by Paul Rexton Kan
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The Obama Administration's National Security Strategy clearly makes the case: "Stability...
Mexico: A Mosaic Cartel War
by Paul Rexton Kan
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A situation of high-intensity crime does not mean that a war is not occurring in...
MIA in QDR: A Unifying Vision for Land Forces
by Nathan Freier
This paper is being published simultaneously in Small Wars Journal and the PKSOI Bulletin, an on-line publication of the United States...
How operational planners applied military design to a wicked problem set in Afghanistan.
Military History and the Drafting of Doctrine
FM 3-24, Relevant Case Studies or Seductive Analogies?
by Andrew Salamone, Small Wars Journal
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It is time to rethink the role of conventional U.S. military medical assets in COIN operations.
Military Metrics: How Do We Know When We're Winning (or Losing) a War?
by Ethan B. Kapstein
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How do governments know whether they're winning or losing a...
Military Police Operations and Counterinsurgency
by Major Matthew R. Modarelli, Small Wars Journal
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Within the Department of Defense...
Mind Games From Above:
The Use of Psychological Warfare and Direct Propaganda at the Turning Point of the Malayan Emergency, 1952-54
by Stephen J Fallon
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Mission and Morality:
Tough Choices for Advisors, Mentors and Teams Leaders
by Gene C. Kamena
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In a recent article published in Foreign Affairs, Robert...
Mission Assessment in Complex Operations:
Canadian Lessons from Afghanistan
by Dr. Peter Dobias
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The assessment of mission...
Mission Command — A Multifaceted Construct
by Richard N. Pedersen
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Mission Command is emerging as a multifaceted construct that integrates the...
Mission Command: Realizing Unified Action
by Richard N. Pedersen
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This paper proposes to describe mission command in a more accurate and practicable way....
Mistakes Were Made
How Not to Conduct Post-Conflict Management and Counterinsurgency
by Dr. Wm J. Olson
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We are awash in how-to manuals on stability operations,...
