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Introduction to the Strategic Theories of John Boyd
Criteria of a Sensible Grand Strategy
Maneuver Warfare: German Experiences in WWII
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Flush With Cash Running on Empty - A Series of Posts on the Defense Budget
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24 February 2015
The Dangers of a Slow Boil in Ukraine
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Introduction Defense News, a defense industry trade publication, just released a report entitled, Ukraine Signs Defense Deal with UAE...
23 February 2015
Stalingrad on the Tigris: The Kobani Model Writ Large?
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Last summer, in a scene reminiscent of Lawrence of Arabia, the 350,000 man Iraqi army, trained and armed at an expense of $25 billion ov...
18 February 2015
Can the Iraqi Army Retake Mosul
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Attached is an excellent report that discusses the prospects for the Iraqi Army to retake Mosul. The author, Patrick Cockburn, is on t...
11 February 2015
Killing the Hog (V)
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Air Force Headquarters Declassified and Released Incomplete Data to Further A-10 Smear Campaign Mandy Smithberger , Project on Governm...
09 February 2015
Killing the Hog (IV)
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In addition to being an outrage in itself, the A-10 scandal is becoming a poster child for what ails the Pentagon in general -- i.e., a ...
08 February 2015
Killing the Hog (III)
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Previous Postings Should the AF Retire the A-10 — A Seminar on a Seminal Question , 13 Nov 2013 Killing the Hog , 2 Dec 2014 Killing ...
05 February 2015
Privatizing the Afghan War
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Feasible Exit Strategy or Prescription for Perpetual War? President Obama told Congress and the American people in his SoU address...
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