Waiting for Godot in Iraq. F.J. Bing West; As the war in Iraq enters a period of uncertainty, a highly regarded former Assistant Secretary of Defense addresses the four biggest challenges facing our military effort.
Current and Future Warfighting Network-Enabled Battle Command. Lieutenant General William S. Wallace, U.S. Army; Technological innovations play a paradoxical role in military transformation. While they help resolve existing battlefield...
Doctrine Center of Gravity Analysis. Colonel Dale C. Eikmeier, U.S. Army; Why are centers of gravity so difficult to identify or define? The Armed Forces have suffered from years of conflicting definitions. Not until 1997 did the services agree...
Fighting Terrorism Prototypes for Targeting America: A Soviet Assessment by Graham H. Turbiville, Jr. Combating Terrorism. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J. Smith, Australian Army Legal Perspectives for Civil-Military Operations in Islamic...
Preface. Background and Foundation America's frontier wars: lessons for asymmetric conflicts. Congressman Ike Skelton; Congressman Ike Skelton suggests how to overcome the threat of asymmetrical warfare by examining yesteryear's battles to...
Sep-Oct 2004 Winning the War of the Flea: Lessons from Guerrilla Warfare. Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Cassidy, U.S. Army; America's enemies use guerrilla tactics to protract the war in Iraq and to erode America's...