The top seven myths of U.S. Defense Policy toward the Americas. Frank O. Mora, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere, and Nicholas F. Zimmerman, Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for...
This English-Portuguese Dictionary of Military Terminology was developed and has been provided on line as a service in response to many requests received at Military Review by officers serving in Portuguese-speaking nations. The Portuguese-language...
The Coming Test of U.S. Credibility. Amitai Etzioni; How the United States responds to challenges by Iran and North Korea has strong implications for its credibility.
Military Theory, Strategy, and Praxis. Jacob W. Kipp, Ph.D., and...
Development and COIN in Regional Command-East, 2004-2008. Robert Kemp, Department of State; The United States deployed a cadre of talented, dedicated military and civilian officers to RC-- East in Afghanistan. They had a measurable positive...
The Imaginary Army Ethic: A Call for Articulating a Real Foundation for our Profession. Lieutenant Colonel Brian Imiola, U.S. Army, Ph.D.; For years the Army has talked about the "Army Ethic," but has never articulated the ethic's principles. A...
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.
Fighting identity: why we are losing our wars. Michael Vlahos; Our enemies understand that "it is in the living of war's mythic passage" that identity will be truly realized. We, for our part, blunder blindly on, fitting ourselves to their...
Learning from our modern wars: the imperatives of preparing for a dangerous future. LT GEN Peter W. Chiarelli, U.S. Army, with MAJ Stephen M. Smith, U.S. Army; Looking beyond the current wars, a former commander of the 1st Cavalry Division and...
Learning Counterinsurgency: Observations from Soldering in Iraq Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army The Army has gained a great deal of experience in Iraq and Afghanistan about COIN operations. Here, one of the Army's most experienced...
Battle Command Auftragstaktik and Innere Fuhrung: Trademarks of German Leadership. Major General Werner Widder, German Army Battle Command . Major General Russel L. Honore, U.S. Army Battle Command and Visualization. Lieutenant Colonel...
Beyond guns and steel: reviving the nonmilitary: instruments of American power.Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates; The secretary of defense says the U.S. must develop a cadre of deployable civilians to strengthen the Nation's "soft" power in...
Addendum: Anbar awakens. Colonel Sean MacFarland, U.S. Army; A major player in the Anbar Awakening recalls how joint-force cooperation led to the turnaround in Ramadi.
The most important thing: legislative reform of the national security...