Recent Publications

Small Armies, Big Cities: Rethinking Urban Warfare
February 22, 2024 — Modern Warfare | Book Review: Small Armies, Big Cities: Rethinking Urban WarfareAuthor: Louise A. Tumchewics (editor) | Reviewed by Dr. John P. Sullivan, instructor, Safe Communities Institute, University of Southern California | Dr. John P. Sullivan gives an overview of Louise A. Tumchewics's anthology on the "persistent challenge" of urban... MORE

Book Review: Small Armies, Big Cities: Rethinking Urban Warfare
John P. Sullivan

Author: Louise A. Tumchewics (editor)

Reviewed by Dr. John P. Sullivan, instructor, Safe Communities Institute, University of Southern California

Strategy Education Across the Professional Military Education Enterprise
May 18, 2015 — Colonel John C. Valledor We can find plenty to read and study on the subject of leadership; in fact, there is a veritable mountain of studies, essays, and books explaining how to build leaders. Not so if one wants to build (or become) a strategist.General John Galvin1Emerging Realities and the Education of Strategists. Since the horrific... MORE

Alien: How Operational Art Devoured Strategy
September 1, 2009 — Authors: Dr Michael James Brennan, Brigadier Justin Kelly The publication of the 1982 version of Army Field Manual (FM) 100-5, Operations, introduced to the English-speaking world the idea of an operational level of war encompassing the planning and conduct of campaigns and major operations. It was followed 3 years later by the introduction of the... MORE