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Robert Steele: Reinventing the US Army Part I – An American Grand Strategy

Steele, Robert. Reinventing the US Army Part I – An American Grand Strategy, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Press, Projected Publication 2017. Part I in the Reinventing the US Army monograph series. Updated November 15, 2016 Robert Steele This is the author’s preliminary draft of the first of three monographs focused …

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James Mattis: US Suffers from Strategic Atrophy

Mattis: U.S. Suffering ‘Strategic Atrophy’ By: John Grady USNI News, 14 May 2014 Speaking in Washington, D.C., retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis said, “the perception is we’re pulling back” on America’s commitment to its allies and partners, leaving them adrift in a changing world. “We have strategic atrophy.”

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Review: Partnership for the Americas – Western Hemisphere Strategy and U.S. Southern Command

James Stavridis 5.0 out of 5 stars Our Best Thinking to Date — We Can Go Much Further, December 24, 2014 This is the pre-cursor book to The Accidental Admiral: A Sailor Takes Command at NATO which I have reviewed most favorably and strongly recommend. This book — while free online as are all NDU …

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SchwartzReport: US Southwest At Grave Risk – Federal Government Owns It and Has No Plan

If you read either the daily SR or the monthly version you know my thinking on why I believe that there will be two major migrations, one away from the coasts, the other out of the Southwest and Great Plains. The first because of too much water, the second because of too little. Here is …

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Marcus Aurelius: Heritage Foundation 2014 Defense Reform Handbook

Handbook is largely self-explanatory but the following extract from the introduction at page vi sets the stage: The Lights are Blinking Red … From day one, the Obama Administration has neglected the imperative to modernize the country’s defense forces, underplayed the amount of forces needed for the national defense, and failed to implement any serious …

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Graphic: USA — 11 Separate Nations Today + Americas RECAP + Book Review

Source Note: Graphic does not properly show First Nation, including Greenland and larger than the USA, with roughly 300,000 inhabitants and in pole position (pun intented) to be the future core for humanity. Tip of the Hat to SchwartzReport UPDATED 19 FEB 14: Review: American Nations – A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures …

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SchwartzReport: South America Rising + New World Order II Meta-RECAP

The America media, like a long chain of administrations, never really seems to understand the South American psyché, in all of its national complexity, nor what is going on there. So there is very little coverage or attention, and what there is trades in stereotypes and shallow commentary. In contrast I think the nations of …

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