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Strategic Landpower Task Force Research Report
October 3, 2013 — Dr. Steven MetzAcknowledgement. The author would like to thank Frank Hoffman of the National Defense University for major contributions to this report. Introduction. The 21st-century security environment compels the United States to develop more effective and efficient ways to promote its national interests. This includes refining... MORE

A “Hollow Army” Reappraised: President Carter, Defense Budgets, and the Politics of Military Readiness
October 1, 2012 — Author: Prof Frank L Jones For more than 3 decades, the term “hollow army” or the more expansive idiom, “hollow force,” has represented President Carter’s alleged willingness to allow American military capability to deteriorate in the face of growing Soviet capability. The phrase continues to resonate today. In this current period of declining... MORE

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Working and Playing Well with Others: A Strategy-Policy Mismatch in Export Controls
November 1, 2007 — Author: LTC Charles H Wilson Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our monthly newsletter. This is the Op-Ed for the November 2007 newsletter.Read Now MORE