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AY27 Campaign Planning Handbook
August 11, 2026 — The USAWC Campaign Planning Handbook serves as a primer and complement to Joint and Army doctrine. While joint and Service doctrine remain authoritative sources for planning, this handbook provides ideas and insights for those charged with developing theater strategies and campaign plans, whether as a coordinating authority or as a collaborator. This handbook focuses at the combatant-command and subordinate-joint-force-command levels... MORE

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Perceiving a Competitor: Culture and Cognitive Biases of the Strong Enemy and the Pacing Threat
August 6, 2026 — The United States and China show distinct patterns of cultural cognition that shape their perceptions of the security environment and of each other. This monograph applies dynamic constructivist theories from cross-cultural psychology to national security, highlighting sources of misperception in competition. Recommendations covering education, recruiting and retention, perspective taking in practice, and long-term workforce development will help defense institutions achieve US cognitive advantage in the Indo-Pacific... MORE

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Fighting with Data: Design Implications for AI-Enabled Mission-Command Systems
August 5, 2026 — How will artificial intelligence change war fighting? Fighting with Data argues artificial intelligence–enabled mission command does more than accelerate decisions—it redistributes cognition across human-machine networks. The result is a new logic of combat in which trust, adaptation, and decision advantage depend on adapting faster, not just deciding faster, than an enemy... MORE

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Out of the Shadows: US Intelligence Sharing and the Russia-Ukraine War, 2021–24
July 30, 2026 — The declassification and public disclosure of US intelligence in anticipation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—together with the subsequent sharing of intelligence with Ukraine during the conflict—have significant implications for national security policy making and military operations in future support of allies and partners. Such intelligence disclosure and sharing provide critical advantages, but they also carry substantial risks... MORE

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Economic Warfare: A Foundation for Twenty-First-Century Strategic Practice
July 24, 2026 — Economic conflict is now a fundamental form of international competition, especially between large powers. Tariffs, sanctions, technological denial, supply-chain disruption, currency manipulation, and a host of other methods are now used daily, in both conflict situations and in supposedly peaceful conditions, to gain economic advantages. This collaborative study examines the phenomenon known as economic warfare through its past circumstances, present situations, and future possibilities... MORE

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Book Review: No Peer Rivals: American Grand Strategy in the Era of Great Power Competition
July 16, 2026 — Great-power competition demands more than military might—it requires a grand strategy. In No Peer Rivals, Ionut Popescu argues that the United States must embrace a bold, offensive realist approach to maintain its global leadership against rising challengers like China and Russia. This provocative book offers a clear roadmap for navigating the strategic complexities of a multipolar world... MORE

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Book Review: US Coercive Diplomacy and the Global Order: A Critical Analysis of Post–Cold War Strategies
July 16, 2026 — Sanctions, threats, and isolation have become staples of US foreign policy—but are they working? In US Coercive Diplomacy and the Global Order, Richard Outzen delivers a sharp critique of post–Cold War American strategy, revealing how overreliance on coercive tools has often undermined global influence and strategic credibility. Drawing on case studies and firsthand experience, this book offers a vital roadmap for more disciplined and effective statecraft in an era of renewed great power competition... MORE

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Book Review: A War of Their Own: FULRO: The Other National Liberation Front, Vietnam 1955–75
July 16, 2026 — William H. Chickering brings to light the untold story of FULRO, a coalition of Vietnam’s indigenous minorities who fought for autonomy amid the chaos of Cold War conflict. Through meticulous research and compelling narrative, the book reveals how these fighters navigated betrayal, shifting alliances, and global indifference. It’s a powerful account of resistance and identity in one of the most complex theaters of the Vietnam War... MORE

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Book Review: A Military History of the New World Disorder: 1989–2022
July 16, 2026 — In A Military History of the New World Disorder: 1989–2022, Jonathan M. House explores how the collapse of the Soviet Union gave rise not to global stability, but to a chaotic new era of fragmented conflicts and shifting military strategies. From Iraq and Afghanistan to Syria and Ukraine, House examines how world powers adapted—or failed to adapt—to a world without a clear strategic framework. This sweeping analysis reveals the complex interplay between political decisions and battlefield realities in the post–Cold War age of uncertainty... MORE

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Book Review: Death Before Dismount: U.S. Army Tanks in Iraq
July 16, 2026 — In this powerful account of armored warfare, Dr. Andrew Eric Wright Sr. chronicles the role of US Army tank crews during the Iraq War, highlighting their resilience, tactics, and battlefield innovation. Through firsthand narratives and operational analysis, the book captures the grit and complexity of mechanized combat in a volatile theater. It is a compelling tribute to the soldiers who lived by the creed: “Death Before Dismount.”... MORE

Cover of US Coercive Diplomacy and the Global Order: A Critical Analysis of Post-Cold War Strategies by Richard Outzen