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  1. looking for 'Poisoning the Well: the Weinberger Doctrine and US Military Policy'

    Hey everyone. has anybody got a copy of 'Poisoning the Well: the Weinberger Doctrine and US Military Policy' by Cori Dauber that they would be able to PM to me? i cannot find it anywhere (wasnt...
  2. Thanks very much for the help guys! Sorry that...

    Thanks very much for the help guys! Sorry that this reply has taken so long: handed the dissertation in 6 months ago and so i wasnt able to use some of the help that you have all given me. For issues...
  3. for some reason i had overlooked the idea of...

    for some reason i had overlooked the idea of using Soviet/Russian experience in Afghanistan/Chechnia to illustrate the same point that i was searching for. i had looked at it, made notes on it, and...
  4. i agree, but think that it is quite a useful...

    i agree, but think that it is quite a useful cliché in that it is broadly understandible, even if i do still cringe whenever i hear it on the news.

    as it is, i know that the distinction that i...
  5. Wilf, i know all of this; i have read clausewitz....

    Wilf, i know all of this; i have read clausewitz. what i am looking for is just an author that believes in NCO to the extent that they believe that bombing an insurgency will end the war faster than...
  6. yep! haha, but a one sided argument a good essay...

    yep! haha, but a one sided argument a good essay does not make. so yeah i gotta get other authors in. at the moment, one of the only authors remotely near this outlook is Thomas P.M. Barnett who...
  7. not really sadly. what i was asking is if there...

    not really sadly. what i was asking is if there is an advocate of the NCO strategy that believes (essentially) that bombing an insurgency would be more effective (faster, better results etc) than a...
  8. Network Centric Operation authors that are pro its use in 'small wars' (OOTW)

    Hey guys, i am looking for a counter-argument for an essay. what i am looking for is an advocate of NCO who believes that it is effective for use in small wars- ie, the use of decisive (conventional)...
  9. thanks for all of the help guys! am reducing the...

    thanks for all of the help guys! am reducing the dis. down quite a bit and am reading (alot) of the sources that you lot linked me to. thanks a hell of a lot!:D :D :D
  10. thanks for all of your replies guys! each is very...

    thanks for all of your replies guys! each is very helpful!
    reading the amazon book review for The Utililty of Force as linked by Schmedlap, the author of said review says the following:

    a year...
  11. Mr Owen, could you go into more depth as to what...

    Mr Owen, could you go into more depth as to what parts of my planning are incorrect. From what you said it seems like you know a lot of information that I would find very helpful, and it seems as...
  12. guys, i am amazed by both the speed of your...

    guys, i am amazed by both the speed of your replies and also the effort that you have all put in to help me with this! thanks so much!

    Oh, before going any further, I am sorry about the...
  13. the stuff that didnt fit...

    As a continuation of the Weinberger and Powell doctrines renewal of the conventional war dedication, one section of the essay will deal with how the belief in Decisive Force is self defeating. It...
  14. dissertation help please! US military culture and small wars.

    To the valued members of the small wars journal community.
    i am currently in my third year studying war in Swansea, Wales, and am writing my dissertation. the title that i have chosen is: 'How Does...
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