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Cover for Understanding, Deterring, and Preparing for a Great-Power War in the Twenty-First Century
Understanding, Deterring, and Preparing for a Great-Power War in the Twenty-First Century
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Cover for More Than a Numbers Game: Comparing US and Chinese Landpower in the Pacific Requires Context
More Than a Numbers Game: Comparing US and Chinese Landpower in the Pacific Requires Context
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Cover for Weaponizing Risk: Recalibrating Western Deterrence
Weaponizing Risk: Recalibrating Western Deterrence
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Cover for Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies into Common Operating Picture and Course of Action Development
Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies into Common Operating Picture and Course of Action Development
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Cover for the Academic Year 2025–26 Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment
Academic Year 2025–26 Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment
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Cover for Cognitive Defense: 2024 Homeland Defense Symposium;
Cognitive Defense: 2024 Homeland Defense Symposium
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Cover for Thompson’s Rifle Battalion: The Original Unit of the Army of the United Colonies (Now the United States Regular Army)
Thompson’s Rifle Battalion: The Original Unit of the Army of the United Colonies (Now the United States Regular Army)
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Cover for Assessing the Zeitenwende: Implications for Germany, the United States, and Transatlantic Security
Assessing the Zeitenwende: Implications for Germany, the United States, and Transatlantic Security
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Cover for Toward a More Effective DoD Contribution to Strategic Competition in the Western Hemisphere
Toward a More Effective DoD Contribution to Strategic Competition in the Western Hemisphere
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Cover of Pretexts for War and the Preinvasion Crisis in Ukraine by
Ron Gurantz
Pretexts for War and the Preinvasion Crisis in Ukraine
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Cover for Bargaining for Justice: Ukraine, Gaza, and the Ethics of Conflict Termination
Bargaining for Justice: Ukraine, Gaza, and the Ethics of Conflict Termination
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Cover for John R. Deni and Lisa A. Aronsson's monograph, "The Role of America’s European Allies in the Russia-Ukraine War, 2022–24"
The Role of America’s European Allies in the Russia-Ukraine War, 2022–24
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Cover for Satellites in the Russia-Ukraine War
Satellites in the Russia-Ukraine War
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Cover for Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson Jr.: Central Pacific Theater Army Commander for Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 1943–45
Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson Jr.: Central Pacific Theater Army Commander for Admiral Chester W. Nimitz 1943–45
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Cover for A Call to Action: Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force
A Call to Action: Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force
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Cover for Decisive Decade: PRC Global Strategy and the PLA as a Pacing Challenge – 2023 PLA Conference – Updated and Expanded
Decisive Decade: PRC Global Strategy and the PLA as a Pacing Challenge – 2023 PLA Conference – Updated and Expanded
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Cover for Emerging Technologies and Terrorism: An American Perspective
Emerging Technologies and Terrorism: An American Perspective
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Deterrence Gap: Avoiding War in the Taiwan Strait
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Cover for the monograph "The Future Role of Strategic Landpower"
The Future Role of Strategic Landpower
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Cover for the monograph "Americans and the Dragon: Lessons in Coalition Warfighting from the Boxer Uprising"
Americans and the Dragon: Lessons in Coalition Warfighting from the Boxer Uprising
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Cover for the monograph "China's Future Military Capabilities"
China's Future Military Capabilities
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Cover for the monograph "Trusting AI: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into the Army's Professional Expert Knowledge"
Trusting AI: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into the Army's Professional Expert Knowledge
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Cover for the monograph "PLA Logistics and Sustainment: PLA Conference 2022"
PLA Logistics and Sustainment: PLA Conference 2022
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Cover for the monograph "Countering Terrorism on Tomorrow's Battlefield: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 2)"
Countering Terrorism on Tomorrow's Battlefield: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 2)
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Cover for the monograph "What Ukraine Taught NATO About Hybrid Warfare"
What Ukraine Taught NATO About Hybrid Warfare
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Cover for the monograph "Enabling NATO's Collective Defense: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)"
Enabling NATO's Collective Defense: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)
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Cover for the monograph "The Future of the Joint Warfighting Headquarters: An Alternative Approach to the Joint Task Force"
The Future of the Joint Warfighting Headquarters: An Alternative Approach to the Joint Task Force
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Cover for  Coercing Fluently: The Grammar of Coercion in the Twenty-first Century
Coercing Fluently: The Grammar of Coercion in the Twenty-first Century
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Cover for Enabling a More Externally Focused and Operational PLA – 2020 PLA Conference Papers
Enabling a More Externally Focused and Operational PLA – 2020 PLA Conference Papers
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Cover for The Grand Strategy of Gertrude Bell: From the Arab Bureau to the Creation of Iraq
The Grand Strategy of Gertrude Bell: From the Arab Bureau to the Creation of Iraq
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Cover for China, Europe and the Pandemic Recession: Beijing’s Investments and Transatlantic Security
China, Europe and the Pandemic Recession: Beijing’s Investments and Transatlantic Security
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Cover for monograph, Contested Deployment.
Contested Deployment
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Cover for the monograph "Framing the Future of the US Military Profession"
Framing the Future of the US Military Profession
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Cover for the monograph, The People of the PLA 2.0
The People of the PLA 2.0
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Cover for monograph by US Army War College: Veteran Disability Compensation and the Army Profession: Good Intentions Gone Awry
Veteran Disability Compensation and the Army Profession: Good Intentions Gone Awry
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  •  Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq, 2003-09: A Case of Operational Surprise and Institutional Response

    Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq, 2003-09: A Case of Operational Surprise and Institutional Response

    Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq, 2003-09: A Case of Operational Surprise and Institutional Response Brigadier Andrew Smith Letort Paper by US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute "The threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that has emerged in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003 is a contemporary example of conventional militaries being confronted with a tactical surprise with operational—if not strategic—implications. Those implications can necessitate “institutional” responses to avoid strategic defeat in what, for many countries, are “wars of discretion.” Operational surprise, as defined in this examination, differs from strategic shocks as described by Nathan Freier, and the necessary responses are distinct from the military adaptations considered by John Nagl. The paper contends that the 6-year evolution of the IED experience from 2003 until 2009 constitutes a complete cycle of surprise and response, of which the most significant part is the institutional response."
    • Published On: 4/1/2011
  •  A Colloquium on U.S. National Security Policy, Military Strategy: Understanding the Environment for Contemporary Warfare

    A Colloquium on U.S. National Security Policy, Military Strategy: Understanding the Environment for Contemporary Warfare

    A Colloquium on U.S. National Security Policy, Military Strategy: Understanding the Environment for Contemporary Warfare Mr Dave Lewis, Dr Steve Maxner, Dr Dennis Patterson Colloquium Brief by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, Texas Tech University "No problem facing the United States is more important than national security, particularly in the context of our contemporary wars. In addition, no institution is more involved and more affected by this problem of protecting national security in the context of contemporary wars than the U.S. Army (and the U.S. military overall). The problem of contemporary wars has created numerous challenges for the U.S. Army."
    • Published On: 4/1/2011
  •  Other People's Wars: PLA Lessons from Foreign Conflicts

    Other People's Wars: PLA Lessons from Foreign Conflicts

    Other People's Wars: PLA Lessons from Foreign Conflicts Mr Daniel Alderman, Mr Joe Narus, The National Bureau of Asian Research Colloquium Brief by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, The National Bureau of Asian Research "The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has not fought in a major war since 1979, but has studied the lessons of modern foreign conflicts from throughout the world. In some cases, those lessons have resulted in observable changes to the PLA’s strategic, tactical, or operational posture."
    • Published On: 4/1/2011
  •  Resolving Ethical Challenges in an Era of Persistent Conflict

    Resolving Ethical Challenges in an Era of Persistent Conflict

    Resolving Ethical Challenges in an Era of Persistent Conflict COL Tony Pfaff Monograph by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute "In this monograph, Colonel Tony Pfaff explores the ethical challenges facing the Army in an era of persistent conflict dominated by a variety of irregular threats. Pfaff argues that these challenges arise because irregular adversaries change the character of their war from imposing one’s will on the enemy to compelling the enemy to accept one’s interest. While this shift may seem subtle, Pfaff argues, it suggests a number of important practical and ethical implications for our way of war. Formerly, civilians were largely separable from warfighting, meaning that our strategies of annihilation and attrition were the most effective—and ethical—paths to victory. But now, when combating irregular threats, civilians are no longer separable from warfighting. Consequently, strategies of annihilation and attrition not only undermine a successful resolution of the conflict, but they are unethical."
    • Published On: 4/1/2011
  •  Hard Power and Soft Power: The Utility of Military Force as an Instrument of Policy in the 21st Century

    Hard Power and Soft Power: The Utility of Military Force as an Instrument of Policy in the 21st Century

    Hard Power and Soft Power: The Utility of Military Force as an Instrument of Policy in the 21st Century Dr Colin S Gray Monograph by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute "The concept of soft power, that is the influence attained through the co-option of foreigners by the attractiveness of our values, ideas, and practices, understandably has great appeal. Soft power is much cheaper than the hard power of military force, and it is more compatible with the culture of a principally liberal American society. All too often, military force seems to fail as an instrument of policy and, as a consequence, it invites the view that it is becoming obsolescent and even anachronistic. Dr. Colin Gray subjects hard and soft power to close critical scrutiny and finds that the latter is significantly misunderstood and, as a consequence, misassessed as a substitute for the threat or use of military force. Each kind of power has its limitations, but the obvious and familiar challenges characteristic of military force do not mean that therefore soft power should be our policy instrument of choice. The author warns against expecting too much of soft power."
    • Published On: 4/1/2011
  •  Central Asian Security Trends: Views from Europe and Russia

    Central Asian Security Trends: Views from Europe and Russia

    Central Asian Security Trends: Views from Europe and Russia Dr Stephen J Blank Monograph by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute "The papers collected in this volume pertain to Central Asia. Indeed, they offer us two foreign views of the strategic situation evolving there—a Russian and a French analysis. For obvious reasons: the war in Afghanistan, proximity to major global actors, large energy holdings, and for less obvious reason, i.e., the possibility that domestic instability in one or more of these states could spread to other Muslim states as we now see in the Arab revolutions of 2011, Central Asia is an increasingly important and interesting strategic region. As such, it merits sustained critical attention and analysis of the sort we are presenting here and that we have presented in the past."
    • Published On: 4/1/2011
  •  Should ROTC Return to the Ivy League?

    Should ROTC Return to the Ivy League?

    Should ROTC Return to the Ivy League? LTC Ernest A Szabo Op-Ed by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute "The repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) has opened the possibility of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs returning to Ivy League and other elite (highly selective) universities and colleges. These institutions have not supported initiatives to maintain ROTC programs on their campuses due to the discriminatory nature of DADT, or perhaps they used the DADT policy as a rationale to keep programs, which had been closed during the Vietnam era, from returning."
    • Published On: 3/1/2011
  •  Reforming Military Command Arrangements: The Case of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force

    Reforming Military Command Arrangements: The Case of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force

    Reforming Military Command Arrangements: The Case of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force Mr Henrik Bliddal Letort Paper by US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute "After the Shah of Iran was deposed and the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the United States began to craft a new Persian Gulf Security Framework (PGSF). Consisting of military, diplomatic, economic, and covert steps, it signified a historic strategic reorientation towards the Persian Gulf. This paper examines an integral part of the PGSF: the creation of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF). As the first real tool for U.S. power projection in the area, and the immediate precursor to today’s Central Command (CENTCOM), the RDJTF has indeed left an important mark on the U.S. approach to the Persian Gulf. This paper is the fullest account of its creation thus far."
    • Published On: 3/1/2011
  •  Brazil's Security Strategy and Defense Doctrine

    Brazil's Security Strategy and Defense Doctrine

    Brazil's Security Strategy and Defense Doctrine Mr Andrew Fishman, Dr Max G Manwaring Colloquium Brief by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, with The Center for Latin American Issues, The George Washington University "In September 2007, Brazil’s President Lula mandated the establishment of a national defense strategy. In December 2008, the Minister of Defense, Nelson Jobim, sent that strategy to the President. In 2010, President Lula signed executive orders to implement the new strategy (the Projecto Nacional) ..."
    • Published On: 3/1/2011
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