SOLLIMS Sampler – Strategic Lessons In Peacekeeping and Stability Operations (Summer 2013). Prior to the SOLLIMS Sampler there was the Strategic Lessons Sampler. This publication is designed to provide senior leaders and their staffs with key lessons – at the…
SOLLIMS Sampler – Protection of Civilians in Peacekeeping Operations. This lessons-learned compendium contains just a sample – thus the title of “sampler” – of the observations, insights, and lessons related to the protection of civilians in conflict environments available in…
The author presents a soldier’s perspective of the operational implications of instant access to the battlefield by civilian leaders in Washington. It also suggests steps that might be taken to assure constructive collaboration between military and civil authorities, leaving each…