2010 SSI Annual Strategy Conference Report "Defining War for the 21st Century"
COL Phillip R Cuccia, Dr Steven Metz
Monograph by the US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute
"The Strategic Studies Institute’s XXI Annual Strategy Conference, held at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, from April 6-8, 2010, addressed the topic of the meaning of war. While it did not seek to produce a definitive answer to questions about the nature and definition of war, it did highlight the crucial questions and their implications, including issues such as whether the cause of war is shifting, whether all forms of organized, politically focused violence constitute war, and the distinction between passive and active war."