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2011/02/012011/02/01

Americans Admire Military Personnel While Being Unaware & Uninterested in What They Do “In Our Name”

Troops Die Because of Their Country, Not For It US admiration for its soldiers may be deep and widespread, but interest in what they are doing is shallow and fleeting by Gary Younge Published on Monday, January 31, 2011 by The Guardian Most of the stories told about Benjamin Moore, 23, at his funeral started …

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2010/12/212010/12/21

Reference: Private Military Corporations–A Non-State Actor-Nuclear Terror Nexus?

Private Military Corporations: A Non-State Actor-Nuclear Terror Nexus? Robert L. Brown Temple University August 16, 2010 Abstract: The risk of nuclear terrorism is hyped by some as possible and high consequence (Allison 2006) while others dismiss the strategy as too difficult and too risky for terrorist organizations (Jenkins 2008). However, analysts have no data from …

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2010/10/242010/10/30

Review (Guest): Science, Strategy and War–The Strategic Theory of John Boyd

Frans P.B. Osinga 5.0 out of 5 stars “Hell of an Engineer” October 24, 2010 By Retired Reader (New Mexico) – See all my reviews Phi Beta Iota: This is the long review provided directly to Phi Beta Iota. A shorter review can be read at the Amazon Page. I have just completed a first read …

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2010/09/122010/09/12

Reference: Max Manwaring on Strategy & Insurgency

SHADOWS OF THINGS PAST AND IMAGES OF THE FUTURE: LESSONS FOR THE INSURGENCIES IN OUR MIDST Max G. Manwaring, November 2004, Strategic Studies Institute Phi Beta Iota: Every passing day reminds us that Dr. Col Max Manwaring has made so many extraordinary contributions to our strategic understanding across so many fronts, and yet his work …

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2010/09/092010/09/09

Journal: Information Operations Strategy

Lieutenant Colonel Hans F. Palaoro, USAF, wrote this essay while a student at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. It won the Strategy Article category of the 2010 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Strategic Essay Competition. EXTRACT: While information power is well accepted as one of the four elements of national power, …

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2010/08/242010/08/24

Reference: From the New Middle Ages to a New Dark Age–The Decline of the State and U.S. Strategy

Brief Synopsis Security and stability in the 21st century have little to do with traditional power politics, military conflict between states, and issues of grand strategy. Instead they revolve around the disruptive consequences of globalization, declining governance, inequality, urbanization, and nonstate violent actors. The author explores the implications of these issues for the United States. …

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2010/08/082010/08/08

Free Republic: US Grand Strategy? List of 11 No-Nos

Phi Beta Iota: Free Republic came to our attention today, as a good example of the common sense of We the People. We have added them to Righteous Sites. Below found there on Grand Strategy. FPRI-Temple University Consortium on Grand Strategy • The Telegram No. 3 Can the United States Do Grand Strategy? April 2010 …

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