US Armed Forces

Rose-tinted lenses: how American functionalist strategy inhibits our appreciation of complex conflicts

Abstract: Strategists and military professionals have previously questioned many of the methodological (theoretical underpinnings, the…

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One piece at a time: why linear planning and institutionalisms promote military campaign failures

Abstract: The recent strategic failures in Iraq and Afghanistan for military coalitions illustrate that we…

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Gravity-free Decision-making: Avoiding Clausewitz’s Strategic Pull

Executive summery: While many elements of Carl von Clausewitz’s seminal work On War are entrenched…

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Military ‘Deep Dives’ and Organizational Management: The Continuing Hazards of Hubris, Centralized Hierarchies, and Insular Perspectives

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Countering Insurgency and the Myth of “The Cause”

Abstract:  It is possible for an insurgency to develop from a single cause, for the…

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