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Publications | March 20, 2025

Parameters | Spring 2025

Welcome to the Spring 2025 issue of Parameters. This issue consists of an In Focus special commentary, three forums (Russia, Ukraine, and NATO; Strategic Competition and Managing National Security; and Joint Sustainment Strategies), the regular
China Landpower Studies Center | April 29, 2025

Transnational Organized Crime in Mexico and the Government’s Response

The US government threats of tariffs on the Mexican government if it did not do more to control illicit fentanyl flows into the United States have cast new attention on the growing problem of transnational organized crime that has wrought violence
China Landpower Studies Center | April 24, 2025

Waging War without Disruption: China’s People’s Armed Police in a Future...

As one of the three branches of China’s armed forces, the People’s Armed Police (PAP) (人民武装警察) operates alongside the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) (人民解放军) and the militia (民兵) as a key instrument of Chinese Communist Party power. According to the
Publications | April 22, 2025

Thompson’s Rifle Battalion: The Original Unit of the Army of the United ...

Why is 1775 depicted on the official flag of the US Army? Why did Congress form the Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion as the first non-militia unit in the army of the United Colonies? Who was the battalion’s commander, William Thompson? What happened to
European Security | April 21, 2025

Russia's the Enemy

The United States has never been directly involved in the war in Ukraine. U.S. troops weren’t sent there to fight for Ukraine against the Russian invaders, and both sides of our political spectrum seemed intent on keeping it that way. Russia remained
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The US Army War College Quarterly, Parameters, is a refereed forum for contemporary strategy and Landpower issues. It furthers the education and professional development of senior military officers and members of government and academia concerned with national security affairs.

Parameters is indexed in, inter alia, Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals, US Government Periodicals Index, LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Lancaster Index to Defence & International Security Literature (UK), and PAIS Bulletin. Book reviews are indexed in Gale Group’s Book Review Index. Parameters is also available through ProQuest and UMI.

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Cover for The World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
The World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
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Cover for Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice
Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice
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Cover for Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
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Cover for Unit X: how the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
Unit X: how the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
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Cover for Next War: Reimagining How We Fight
Next War: Reimagining How We Fight
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Cover for Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America’s First Black Generals
Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America’s First Black Generals
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Cover for Airpower Pioneers: From Billy Mitchell to Dave Deptula
Airpower Pioneers: From Billy Mitchell to Dave Deptula
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Book cover: Great Power Clashes Along the Maritime Silk Road: Lessons from History to Shape Current Strategy
Great Power Clashes Along the Maritime Silk Road: Lessons from History to Shape Current Strategy
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