Although atomic weapons helped win World War Two in the Pacific, they raised the question of whether these weapons altered the nature of warfare, or simply warfare's destructive dimensions. Responsi……続きを見る
Eight U.S. Air Force instructions and directives provide unique information on intelligence programs:
Oversight of Intelligence Activities * Intelligence Support to Force Protection (FP) * AFSOF/PR ……続きを見る
The Department of Defense maintains a comprehensive cyber incident handling program. This program ensures an integrated capability to continually improve the Department of Defense's ability to rapid……続きを見る
From the Foreword: The most recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan clearly show the contentious and multiple methods introduced by both the insurgents and military forces and how only a holistic ……続きを見る
From the foreword: This monograph has focused on Command, Leadership, and Management (CLM) within a stability operational environment, although many of the lessons throughout can be applied to gener……続きを見る
This book examines the organizational origins and evolution of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff over the past seventy-one years. Established in January 1942 to expedite strategic coordi……続きを見る
Five U.S. Air Force instructions and directives provide unique information on criminal investigations and countermeasures:
Criminal Investigations Program * Protective Service Matters - Special Inve……続きを見る
Faced with the need to establish unified command of US military forces in peacetime, the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1946 created an organizational directive, the "Outline Command Plan," which was the ……続きを見る
Today's security environment undoubtedly tests the boundaries of conventional international and military responses to persistent interstate conflict. New challenges are continuously emerging that po……続きを見る
From the foreword: Policy-makers and strategists have long recognized that complexity and chaos are common features of the strategic environment, which encompasses both the international and domesti……続きを見る
The U.S. Army War College's Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute and Strategic Studies Institute are pleased to offer this important study on key considerations for DoD as it works throug……続きを見る
Social Capital, Policing and Rule-of-Law: Keys to Stabilization reflects a breadth of U.S. Army War College Strategy Research papers which tackled tough issues. Stabilization is a process in which p……続きを見る
This Handbook is designed to be a reference for policy makers to monitor, prevent, and if necessary respond to genocide and other mass atrocity situations. It addresses topics promulgated in the Aug……続きを見る
In December 2010, the U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) and the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy co-hosted a workshop on Mass Atrocity Res……続きを見る
The author rightly observes that establishing an effective local police force is critical to successful stability operations. An effective police force is a key component to security sector reform, ……続きを見る
This paper concerns the role of the American military advisor. Military officers have frequently been called upon to serve as advisors to foreign officials and to play seminal roles in the political……続きを見る
This report has made a case that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) affect stability in conflict-prone environments, and decisive control of them creates positive or negative conditions. It describes th……続きを見る
This monograph is the 6th in the Professional Military Ethics Series; it addresses an issue about which little has been written. It intentionally plows new and difficult ground. The larger issue it ……続きを見る
Five informative papers from the Marshall European Center for Security Studies analyze various important military issues:
The EU and U.S. Strategies against Terrorism and Proliferation of WMD: A Com……続きを見る
This unique collection of American military documents provides a special view of recent Chinese military and policy developments. Contents: China Shaping the Operational Environment - A Disciple on ……続きを見る
Two important reports from the U.S. Army's Strategic Studies Institute and Army War College discuss the terrible threat to civilization posed by damage to the electrical grid from electromagnetic pu……続きを見る
This text is designed to explain and synthesize the functioning and relationships of numerous Defense, Joint, and Army organizations, systems, and processes involved in the development and sustainme……続きを見る
The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) seeks to adapt, reshape, and rebalance our military to prepare for the strategic challenges and opportunities we face in the years ahead. Building on the 20……続きを見る
This illustrated Worldwide Equipment Guide (WEG) describes the spectrum of worldwide systems and system trends in the Contemporary Operational Environment (COE), serving as an authoritative "encyclo……続きを見る
Four military reports provide a unique perspective on the Libyan military operation launched by President Obama in 2011, known as Operation Odyssey Dawn.
Libya's Operation Odyssey Dawn: Command and ……続きを見る
The US Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center provides this widely distributed equipment catalog for information in obtaining urgently needed equipment and systems. Various items are highlighted in the are……続きを見る
Why is Colonel pronounced "kernal"? Why does a Lieutenant General outrank a Major General? Why is Navy Captain a higher rank than Army-Air Force-Marine Captain? Why do Sergeants wear chevrons? Was J……続きを見る
This textbook is designed to help Marines link concepts of culture to the realities of planning and executing military operations around the world. The book has three primary goals: To provide a the……続きを見る
Numerous first-hand accounts, reports, and news articles prove how little Soldiers understand about the cultures of the countries in which they are currently fighting; this lack of understanding, in……続きを見る
A hybrid threat is the diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, and/or criminal elements all unified to achieve mutually benefitting effects.
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