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The Army provides its servicemembers with Army regulation, doctrinal, and organizational publications to accomplish essential tasks--from training and leading units to conducting military operations. Professional discourse is no exception. The [...]

Since its establishment in 1901, the US Army War College (USAWC) has adapted to meet the needs of the Army and a nation during episodic changes in the security environment. [...]

The most successful alliance in world history began three-quarters of a century ago in the wake of the most significant conflict the world had ever seen. The Western powers that [...]

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph E. Rigby was drafted in 1972 and served continuously on active duty until 2014. (1) With his retirement, the final link between conscription and the [...]

In October 2022, the Army released its newest operational doctrine at the Association of the United States Army's annual meeting. Field Manual (FM) 3-0, Operations, heralded the first holistic revision [...]

Cities not only possess cultural and psychological value for combatants, but they are also sociologically and geographically anchored to multiple aspects of military key terrain. Cities sit astride, near, or [...]

There has been a recent trend among historians and other authors to challenge the standard time frame of the Second World War--one that begins in 1939 and ends in 1945. [...]

The 2021 collapse of the Afghan National Army (ANA) prompted a rollicking debate and recriminations. At issue: Who lost Afghanistan? Lt. Gen. (ret.) H. R. McMaster blamed an apathetic public [...]

Effective civilian control of the military is a 'useful fiction' and a fanciful myth. (1) This is the underlying and unspoken cause for recent articles declaring civil-military relations under extreme [...]

Small wars have been called several names in the late 20th and early 21st century, including military operations other than war (MOOTW) and operations other than war (OOTW). For purposes [...]

James Stavridis, Penguin Press, New York, 2022, 352 pages Even the most ardent landlubbers will benefit from the valuable insights contained in a new book by James Stavridis, a career [...]

In the 64 years since its publication, Samuel P. Huntington's The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations has inspired an extensive literature on military professionalism. [...]

As Peter Mansoor posits 'Anyone can design a military force in times of plenty; it is in times of scarcity that strategic leaders with foresight are most needed.' (1) The [...]

This article offers insights and tools to assist strategic planners in assessing how US military actions may produce 'national strategic risk': risk to the grand strategic goals of American security [...]

Welcome to the Autumn 2023 issue of Parameters. This issue includes two In Focus special commentaries, a Strategic Challenges forum, a Historical Studies forum, and the SRAD Director's Corner. Dr. [...]

Although fighting against internal rebellions is as old as conflict itself, the term 'counterinsurgency' (COIN) to describe such conflict originated only recently, first appearing in the English language in 1962. [...]

Daniel Todman, Oxford University Press, New York, 2020, 976 pages Recent notable works of military history have taken a holistic approach, focusing on context and a number of factors within [...]

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Coercion is an important component of American statecraft and strategy--vital enough it is taught in the core course at the US Army War College. It first became the subject of [...]

Great-power competition and the struggle among states, nonstate actors, and lesser polities require a sound understanding of strategic theoretical concepts. Commenting on the relevance of strategic armed conflict to solve [...]

The 2017 revision of Field Manual 3-0, Operations, and the 2018 National Defense Strategy direct the Army and joint forces to prepare for large-scale combat operations (LSCO) against major regional [...]

If you're an inch off on landing, no big deal. If you're an inch off on takeoff, you miss the moon by a million miles. --Neil Armstrong Introduction Construction engineers [...]

A 2014 photo shows Pennsylvania Republican Doug Mastriano in a Confederate uniform. The photo was taken while the state senator was part of the faculty at the US Army War [...]

The transition of the Army's reserve component from a strategic to an operational reserve is often heralded as one of the greatest changes to the Army at large in the [...]

Reviewed by Dr. Jose de Arimateia da Cruz, professor of international relations and comparative politics, Georgia Southern University, and visiting professor, Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College Maria [...]

James Lacey and Williamson Murray, Bantam Books, New York, 2020, 416 pages The intriguing title of this book is bound to attract intellectual curiosity, whether in reference to Greek or [...]

Today's Army maintains significant forces stationed and rotating overseas that provide a visible and credible deterrent. However, should war occur, we must terminate the conflict on terms favorable to the [...]

On Inauguration Day 2017, President Donald Trump inherited from President Barack Obama's administration the current cohort of uniformed military leaders at the most senior levels across the Department of Defense [...]

I was fortunate in serving three years at the Army War College, 1937-1940, one year as a student and two as an instructor. --J. Lawton Collins, Lightning Joe: An Autobiography [...]