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Parameters | Autumn 2021
August 25, 2021 — In addition to introducing our new cover design and font styles, this issue of Parameters opens with an In Focus contribution concerning Extremism in the US Military. In “The Alt-Right Movement and US National Security,” Matthew Valasik and Shannon Reid identify potential causes for the disproportionate number of current and former members of the military associated with White supremacist groups. They then suggest steps the Department of Defense can take to address the problem... MORE

The People of the PLA 2.0
July 23, 2021 — The People of the PLA 2.0 — Roy D. Kamphausen — Monograph by the US Army War College, US Army War College Press, Strategic Studies Institute — "The 27th annual People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Conference—“The People in the PLA” 2.0—revisited a theme first explored at the 2006 conference but understudied since. This volume examines how the structure, education, training, and recruitment of PLA personnel have changed in the last decade and in the Xi Jinping era."... MORE

Cover for the monograph, The People of the PLA 2.0

Parameters | Summer 2021
May 18, 2021 — Parameters Summer 2021Download the Full IssueIn Focus: "Senior Leader Dissent", Conrad C. Crane; "Two Sides of COIN", M. Chris Mason and Darren Colby; "Allies and Partners", Jean-Yves Haine, Cynthia Salloum, Tongifi Kim, Luis Simon; "Strategy and Doctrine", Austin C. Doctor, James Walsh, Ann Mezzell, J. Wesley Hutto, Robert S. Ehlers Jr., Partrick... MORE

Veteran Disability Compensation and the Army Profession: Good Intentions Gone Awry
January 29, 2021 — Veteran Disability Compensation and the Army Profession: Good Intentions Gone Awry — Dr Wong Leonard, Dr Gerras Stephen — Monograph by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College Press — "For 40 years, from 1960 to 1999, about 8 percent of the veteran population received disability compensation. In 2000 the percentage edged up to 9 percent or 2.3 million veterans. By 2018 the percentage had tripled to 24 percent or 4.7 million veterans. Although many researchers attribute this upward trend to the influx of wounded from the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War, the authors show that favorable legislative action, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) policy changes, societal developments, and improved information flow enabled and encouraged many more veterans to file for disability. The rise in the number of veterans receiving disability compensation signaled a cultural transformation concerning disability compensation that would eventually spread throughout the US Army and the other services."... MORE

Cover for monograph by US Army War College: Veteran Disability Compensation and the Army Profession: Good Intentions Gone Awry