Fleet Marine Force Reference Publication (FMFRP) 12-25, The Guerrilla - And How To EigHim, is published to ensure the retention and dissemination of useful information which is not intended tobecoine ...Read more >

The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations contacted over thirty experts from a broad range of backgrounds and solicited their views on a number of subjects relating to the DOD’s acquisition process and how the DOD’s procurement... ...Read more >

The Europaeum was founded in 1992 as an association of European universities, with a mission to: promote excellence in academic links in research and teaching collaboration between the Europaeum partners; act as an open academic network linking the Europaeum partners... and other bodies in the pursuit of study; .. serve as a resource for the general support and promotion of European studies; .. function independently in the search for new ...Read more >

When the current wars begin to wind down, which they inevitably will, we need to take a closer look at reforming possibly even by congressional mandateprofessional ...Read more >

This thesis contends the debate on whether to embrace a population centric or enemy-centric counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan detracts focus from bilding a balanced ...Read more >

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE 20082009 GAZA WAR IN TIMES OF EXTENDED CONFLICT : Israelis were concerned in the immediate aftermath of the 2006 Second Lebanon War. A less than stellar military performance caused some to question whether the countrys enemies might be encouraged to take advantage of perceived Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ...Read more >

Warfare has evolved over thousands of years, but in many aspects, has remained the same. This is particularly true in the mountainous regions along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the region that the British named the North-West Frontier. The hill-country and mountains of this region presented a difficult and often deadly battlefield for forces unfamiliar or untrained in fighting in this rugged and inhospitable terrain.Today, United States and NATO Coalition forces are engaged ...Read more >

By end-2013, 51.2 million individuals were forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence, or human rights violations. Some 16.7 million persons were refugees: 11.7 million under UNHCR’s mandate and 5.0 million Palestinian refugees registered by ...Read more >

The Badme region in the Horn of Africa is claimed by both Ethiopia and Eritrea. It contains few natural resources, and neither state considers it to have strategic ...Read more >

There are many myths about the First World War. One in particular has been both enduring and widespread. Almost from the time of the wars conclusion, the belief arose that the officer corps of the combatant ...Read more >

The Decade of War study is JCOA’s response to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s call for learning the lessons of the past decade of US military ...Read more >

IN THE TWO decades since the Cold War ended, idealism has dominated international ...Read more >

People generally do not feel comfortable with uncertainty. Hence, there is a constant search in lifeincluding in the militaryfor deriving various principles or rule sets and making things more controllable and predictable. Since ancient ...Read more >

Until it was overhauled in 2011, the assessments process in Afghanistans Regional Command South was mired in 240 metrics and indicatorssome of which were uncollectable while others were entirely ...Read more >

Contention, conflict, hostility and wars have always been there because of differences in ideologies, religious faiths and societal values or to acquire a greater share of resources or prestige and power. Before the Peace of Westphalia (1648), wars were waged by religious or social groups, clans and ...Read more >