Armed Forces Journal
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Armed Forces Journal (AFJ) is a monthly journal for American military officers and leaders in government and industry. Founded in 1863[1], AFJ is published today by the Defense News Media Group, a unit of the Army Times Publishing Company, which is a part of Gannett Company (NYSE:GCI). More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Dishonest doctrine
To wit, the most over-cited bit of nonsense from the manual is the claim that counterinsurgency warfare is only 20 percent military and 80 percent political. No analysis of ...Posted by Ben Ross -
Dream warriors: Our enemies fight for fantasies, not freedom
Until we are willing to confront the mentality -- the soul -- of our enemies honestly, we can't and won't defeat them. We seek a logical understanding of mass violence, ...Posted by Ben Ross -
A failure in generalship
For the second time in a generation, the United States faces the prospect of defeat at the hands of an insurgency. In April 1975, the U.S. fled the Republic of Vietnam, ...Posted by Mark Monday
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The other enemy
A fourth aspect of the problem is that our political class either makes promises impossible to keep (the creation of an ideal model democracy in Iraq, for example) or, if in ...Posted by Ben Ross -
Protecting the chief
President Bush pulled the plug on Gen. Peter Pace to avoid what Defense Secretary Robert Gates described as a "quite contentious" renomination hearing. That was an ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Power struggle
So, who's right? More important in Washington, who's going to win? Rep. Joseph Sestak, D-Pa., is reluctant to predict the outcome, but as a freshman Democrat, a retired ...Posted by Ben Ross
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Top Topics
War in Iraq (4), Department of Defense (2), Foreign Policy (1), U.S. Constitution (1), Odd News (1)
Top Authors
Ralph Peters (3), Lt Col Paul Yingling (2), Keeping Pace Was Not An Option In War Wary Washington (1), William Matthews (1)
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Opinion (4), News Analysis (2), Editorial (1)



