Pulitzer historian David Kennedy identified patterns of strategic planning in America’s role in World War II for USAWC students, faculty and community members. The Roberge lecture kicks off the Army Heritage & Education Center’s lecture series, Perspectives in Military History.
Adding Army War College expertise to PROTEUS futurists, a September workshop analyzed strategic reconnaissance and creative thinking to prevent strategic surprise in a future security environment: PROTEUS workshop papers and presentations
High winds and ice are likely candidates for natural threats to Carlisle Barracks. Certification as Storm Ready makes the community “Ready Army,” and families and individuals are engaged in Ready Army planning.
USAFRICOM: Reversing perceptions of the militarization of U.S. foreign policy
USAFRICOM represents a logical step in proactive peacetime engagement. Yet the new command underscores an appearance of policy militarization and thus potentially ultimately weakens the link between the two threads. A nonmilitary lead coupled with still more diversified U.S. Government participation could strengthen the bond between military and nonmilitary threads of US foreign policy. To do this requires addressing the scale of required change and the perceptions of militarizing our foreign policy.
New Requirements for the Military in Border Security
Over the last three decades America’s concerns about border security have steadily escalated from what was once largely a humanitarian issue to concerns over paramilitary violence, organized crime, and international terrorism. New threats portend a new challenge for the military, both active and reserve components, if we are not to leave the nation’s citizenry vulnerable.
State-Building and “Winning the Peace”
Six principles believed capable of guiding future state-building activities and enhancing America’s ability to “win the peace” while stabilizing chaotic regions.
Contemporary Military Environment: A Flawed Perception?
The author of this monograph revises, reexamines, and reevaluates the contemporary military environment. He finds that the environment is a period of relative military stasis, of slow technological development, and of little novelty in broader issues. He concludes that this stasis affords us the time to examine the strategic environment more closely to ensure we truly understand its character.
