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NOTES Introduction 1. Robert Kagan to George Packer. Cited in Packer’s The Assassin’s Gate: America In Iraq (Faber and Faber, London, 2006): 38. 2. Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke, America Alone: The Neoconservatives and the Global Order (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004): 9. 3. Critiques of the war on terror and its origins include Gary Dorrien, Imperial Designs: Neoconservatism and the New Pax Americana (Routledge, New York and London, 2004); Francis Fukuyama, After the Neocons: America At the Crossroads (Profile Books, London, 2006); Ira Chernus, Monsters to Destroy: The Neoconservative War on Terror and Sin (Paradigm Publishers, Boulder, CO and London, 2006); and Jacob Heilbrunn, They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons (Doubleday, New York, 2008). 4. A report of the PNAC, Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century, September 2000: 76. URL: http:// www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf (15 January 2009). 5. On the first generation on Cold War neoconservatives, which has been covered far more extensively than the second, see Gary Dorrien, The Neoconservative Mind: Politics, Culture and the War of Ideology (Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1993); Peter Steinfels, The Neoconservatives: The Men Who Are Changing America’s Politics (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1979); Murray Friedman, The Neoconservative Revolution: Jewish Intellectuals and the Shaping of Public Policy (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005); Murray Friedman ed. Commentary in American Life (Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 2005); Mark Gerson, The Neoconservative Vision: From the Cold War to the Culture Wars (Madison Books, Lanham MD; New York; Oxford, 1997); and Maria Ryan, “Neoconservative Intellectuals and the Limitations of Governing: The Reagan Administration and the Demise of the Cold War,” Comparative American Studies, Vol. -
Navy and Marine Corps Opposition to the Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986
Navy and Marine Corps Opposition to the Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986 A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of Ohio University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts Steven T. Wills June 2012 © 2012 Steven T. Wills. All Rights Reserved. 2 This thesis titled Navy and Marine Corps Opposition to the Goldwtaer Nichols Act of 1986 by STEVEN T. WILLS has been approved for the Department of History and the College of Arts and Sciences by Ingo Traushweizer Assistant Professor of History Howard Dewald Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 3 ABSTRACT WILLS, STEVEN T., M.A., June 2012, History Navy and Marine Corps Opposition to the Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986 Director of Thesis: Ingo Traushweizer The Goldwater Nichols Act of 1986 was the most comprehensive defense reorganization legislation in a generation. It has governed the way the United States has organized, planned, and conducted military operations for the last twenty five years. It passed the Senate and House of Representatives with margins of victory reserved for birthday and holiday resolutions. It is praised throughout the U.S. defense establishment as a universal good. Despite this, it engendered a strong opposition movement organized primarily by Navy Secretary John F. Lehman but also included members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, prominent Senators and Congressman, and President Reagan's Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger. This essay will examine the forty year background of defense reform movements leading to the Goldwater Nichols Act, the fight from 1982 to 1986 by supporters and opponents of the proposed legislation and its twenty-five year legacy that may not be as positive as the claims made by the Department of Defense suggest. -
The 2020S Tri-Service Modernization Crunch Mackenzie Eaglen with Hallie Coyne MARCH 2021
Embargoed until Tuesday, March 23, at 12:01 a.m. EST The 2020s Tri-Service Modernization Crunch Mackenzie Eaglen with Hallie Coyne MARCH 2021 AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE The 2020s Tri-Service Modernization Crunch Mackenzie Eaglen with Hallie Coyne MARCH 2021 AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE © 2021 by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. All rights reserved. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) educational organization and does not take institutional positions on any issues. The views expressed here are those of the author(s). Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 3 Addressing the Tri-Service Spending Spike ...................................................................... 3 Why Does It Matter? ..................................................................................................... 4 What Factors Are Making the Modernization Spending Crunch Worse? ............................... 6 What Does Addressing the Modernization Crunch Mean for the US Military in the 2020s? .............................................................................................................. 15 What Went Wrong: Identifying the Causes of the 2020s Modernization Crunch ................... 16 The Shape and Size of the Tri-Service Modernization Crunch ........................................... -
Dr. Rick Barnes, Voice of America
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization Washington Program on National Security (WaPoNS) – 2016 PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon - Senior Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon is a Senior Fellow at the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization. In 2014, she helped found the Daniel Morgan Academy in Washington, DC. Her new book The Art of Peace: Engaging a Complex World, will be published by Transaction in October 2016. A new edition of her autobiographical book, Notes From the Other Side of Night, was released in 2013 by Transaction. Her anthology entitled Cultural Intelligence for Winning the Peace, was published by IWP Press in September 2009; Soulmates: Resurrecting Eve, was published by Transaction in 2011; Why America is Such a Hard Sell: Beyond Pride and Prejudice was published in 2007, as was Every Vote Counts: The Role of Elections in Building Democracy, which she co-edited with Richard Soudriette. The Bloody Flag: Post-Communist Nationalism in Eastern Europe -- Spotlight on Romania was published by Transaction in 1991. Her anthology on civic education, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, Ironic Points of Light, was published in Estonian and Russian in 1998. She has also written and edited a textbook on civic education, which is being used, in country-specific versions, throughout Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, endorsed by the Departments of Education in these countries. She has published over two hundred articles and reviews on international affairs, human rights, literature, and philosophy, and has made frequent appearances on radio and television. -
2019 YEAR in REVIEW a Letter from Our President and CEO Recently a Selection of Writings by Harry Bradley, One of Our Founders, Was Brought to My Attention
2019 YEAR IN REVIEW A Letter from Our President and CEO Recently a selection of writings by Harry Bradley, one of our founders, was brought to my attention. Harry’s thoughts, which were put to paper in the 1950s, described how he and his brother Lynde started the Allen-Bradley Company and how their values enabled it to become a remarkable American success story. “Lynde wanted, and so did I, people who thought of their jobs not in terms of paychecks, but as the end result of their own work. We were small, but we were building for more than a day, and for more than a year. To us, every job was an open door to the high ground of human freedom and general happiness,” he wrote. Harry also shared his views on freedom, human dignity and American principles. “A nation’s progress is measured by the character of its people, and not by the promises of its politicians. It seems hard for politicians to comprehend one simple truth: There is no source of national income, but the work of the people,” he observed. Harry Bradley While Harry and Lynde lived in a very different era, their core principles and aspirations - the ability to improve society through education, innovation, and free markets; the role of government; and the application of the Constitution - continue to be at the heart of our country’s current philosophical debate. At such a critical time in our history, I know they would be pleased that the principles of American exceptionalism they so firmly believed in continue to be advanced every day through The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and its remarkable grant recipients. -
Em: Improving US Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting
NOVEMBER 2019 If You Can’t See ’em, You Can’t Shoot ’em: Improving US Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting BY SETH CROPSEY AND BRYAN MCGRATH © 2019 Hudson Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information about obtaining additional copies of this or other Hudson Institute publications, please visit Hudson’s website, www.hudson.org ABOUT HUDSON INSTITUTE Hudson Institute is a research organization promoting American leadership and global engagement for a secure, free, and prosperous future. Founded in 1961 by strategist Herman Kahn, Hudson Institute challenges conventional thinking and helps manage strategic transitions to the future through interdisciplinary studies in defense, international relations, economics, health care, technology, culture, and law. Hudson seeks to guide public policy makers and global leaders in government and business through a vigorous program of publications, conferences, policy briefings and recommendations. Visit www.hudson.org for more information. Hudson Institute would like to thank General Atomics for their support of this research and publication, and is grateful for past contributions from Northrop Grumman Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation. Hudson Institute 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Fourth Floor Washington, D.C. 20004 +1.202.974.2400 [email protected] www.hudson.org Cover: The guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) transits the Pacific Ocean. Dewey is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin M. Langer) NOVEMBER 2019 If You Can’t See ’em, You Can’t Shoot ’em: Improving US Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting BY SETH CROPSEY AND BRYAN MCGRATH AUTHOR Seth Cropsey Bryan McGrath Director, Center for American Seapower Bryan McGrath formerly served as deputy director of Hudson Institute’s Center for American Seapower. -
Is There a Military Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
Issue 18 • September 2014 Is There a Military Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? IN THIS ISSUE Andrew Roberts • Thomas H. Henriksen • Kori Schake • Peter Berkowitz Victor Davis Hanson • Edward N. Luttwak • Bruce Thornton Editorial Board Contents Victor Davis Hanson, Chair September 2014 · Issue 18 Bruce Thornton David Berkey Background Essay Just the Start of an Age-Old Conflict? by Andrew Roberts Contributing Members Peter Berkowitz Featured Commentary Max Boot Burning the Terrorist Grass by Thomas H. Henriksen Josiah Bunting III Angelo M. Codevilla Military Means for Political Ends in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Thomas Donnelly by Kori Schake Admiral James O. Ellis Jr. Colonel Joseph Felter Related Commentary Josef Joffe What Israel Won in Gaza & What Diplomacy Must Now Gain by Peter Berkowitz Frederick W. Kagan U.S. Must Strongly Affirm Israel’s Right of Self-Defense by Peter Berkowitz Kimberly Kagan Edward N. Luttwak The Middle East’s Maze of Alliances by Victor Davis Hanson Peter Mansoor Sherman in Gaza by Victor Davis Hanson General Jim Mattis Walter Russell Mead A Stronger Israel? by Victor Davis Hanson Mark Moyar Winning a Lose/Lose War by Victor Davis Hanson Williamson Murray Why Obama, Kerry, Abbas, Hamas, BDS, and Hezbollah Will All Go Poof! by Ralph Peters Andrew Roberts Edward Luttwak Admiral Gary Roughead The Incoherent Excuses for Hating Israel by Bruce Thornton Kori Schake Kiron K. Skinner Israel’s Worst Enemy: Lies and Myths by Bruce Thornton Barry Strauss Bing West Educational Materials Miles Maochun Yu Discussion Questions Amy Zegart Suggestions for Further Reading ABOUT THE POSTERS IN THIS ISSUE Documenting the wartime viewpoints and diverse political sentiments of the twentieth century, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives Poster Collection has more than one hundred thousand posters from around the world and continues to grow. -
The Strategic Ramifications of a Fractured EU
Issue 33 • July 2016 The Strategic Ramifications of a Fractured EU IN THIS ISSUE Andrew Roberts • Angelo M. Codevilla Josef Joffe Contents Editorial Board July 2016 · Issue 33 Victor Davis Hanson, Chair Bruce Thornton David Berkey Background Essay Brexit and the Defence of Europe by Andrew Roberts Contributing Members Peter Berkowitz Featured Commentary Max Boot Unity, Strategy, and Will by Angelo M. Codevilla Josiah Bunting III Angelo M. Codevilla Brexit: How Much Contagion, How Many Strategic Consequences! Thomas Donnelly by Josef Joffe Colonel Joseph Felter Josef Joffe Frederick W. Kagan Related Commentary Kimberly Kagan Brexit: Isolationism or Atlanticism? by Max Boot Edward N. Luttwak Peter R. Mansoor The Potential Perils of Grexit by Kori Schake Walter Russell Mead The Strategic Problems of Grexit by Barry Strauss Mark Moyar Williamson Murray The EU-Progressive Paradigm Is Falling Apart by Bruce Thornton Ralph Peters Andrew Roberts Why Brexit Alarms Britain’s Baltic Allies by Max Boot Admiral Gary Roughead Kori Schake Kiron K. Skinner Educational Materials Barry Strauss Discussion Questions Gil-li Vardi Bing West Miles Maochun Yu Amy Zegart ABOUT THE POSTERS IN THIS ISSUE Documenting the wartime viewpoints and diverse political sentiments of the twentieth century, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives Poster Collection has more than one hundred thousand posters from around the world and continues to grow. Thirty-three thousand are available online. Posters from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia/Soviet Union, and France predominate, though posters from more than eighty countries are included. Background Essay Issue 33 | July 2016 1 Brexit and the Defence of Europe Andrew Roberts Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU)—nicknamed “Brexit”—does not have anything like the security ramifications for the West that its opponents liked to pretend during the recent campaign. -
The Rhetorical Secret and the Epistemology of Non-Knowledge
THE RHETORICAL SECRET AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF NON-KNOWLEDGE by GUSTAF ATILLA TORBJÖRN HALLSBY (Under the Direction of Barbara Biesecker) ABSTRACT This dissertation presents a rhetorical theory of the secret as an epistemology of non- knowledge, or a discursive construction of what is publicly not known. Drawing upon contexts of Rhetorical intra-disciplinary conflict, the public ‘outing’ of Valerie Plame, the Republican uptake of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, and the popular recollection of Alan Turing and Chelsea Manning, I suggest that the rhetorical secret describes how the unknown of discourse is organized as trope, which gives a recognizable form to moments of contingency, conflict, and uncertainty. Each case is unique in its account of the tropes that organize distinct ‘unknowns,’ namely, the disciplinary identity of Rhetoric, the covert actions of the George W. Bush Presidency, and the consequences of massive public disclosures (like that of WikiLeaks). The force of this argument is to resituate the relationship between Rhetoric and Truth as immanent to academic, public, and political discourses, and that speaking the truth about any of these contexts depends upon the prior existence of the rhetorical secret. INDEX WORDS: Rhetoric, Psychoanalysis, Secrets, Valerie Plame, Saul Alinsky, Alan Turing, Chelsea Manning. THE RHETORICAL SECRET AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF NON-KNOWLEDGE by GUSTAF ATILLA TORBJÖRN HALLSBY BA, The University of Illinois, 2007 MA, The University of Iowa, 2010 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Georgia in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ATHENS, GEORGIA 2015 © 2015 Gustaf Atilla Torbjörn Hallsby All Rights Reserved THE RHETORICAL SECRET AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF NON-KNOWLEDGE by GUSTAF ATILLA TORBJÖRN HALLSBY Major Professor: Barbara A. -
Weekly Update January 17 - 23, 2021 This Week
WEEKLY UPDATE JANUARY 17 - 23, 2021 THIS WEEK NO BOS MEETING MARTIN LUTHER KING REMEMBRANCE & HOLIDAY MON. JANUARY 18TH LAFCO MEETING THURSDAY JAN 21ST LAST WEEK NO BOS MEETING COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVES TEST WELLS BUT IGNORES LARGER PICTURE 1 IWMA TO CONTINUE IN OPERATION IT IS SUPPOSED TO STOP GINNING UP BANS BUT WILL IT? COW POOP SEEMS TO BE ON THE LIST COLAB IN DEPTH SEES PAGE 15 DRIVING OUT THE SCAPEGOAT BY BRUCE THORNTON Why, with only a week left in his term, expend all this hatred on a lame- duck president? ON THE ROAD TO DYSTOPIA BY PHILIP AHLRICH THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS 2 No Board of Supervisors Meeting on Tuesday, January 13, 2021 (Not Scheduled) The Board does not usually meet on a Tuesday following a Monday National Holiday – in this case Martin Luther King Day. Other issues move ahead on their own: Issue 1 - COVID STATUS AS OF FRIDAY JANUARY 15, 2021. The County posted the announcement below: As the County progresses through the first part of Phase 1b (residents over 75), additional groups will be eligible for vaccine. Residents over 75 are first in line in the Phase 1b group because people age 75 and older are at higher risk for serious COVID-19 illness or death than other age groups. Allocating the County's limited vaccine supply to this group will help prevent the most serious outcomes. Only those residing within San Luis Obispo County are eligible. Make An Appointment If you need technical assistance booking an appointment, please call the County Phone Assistance Center at 543-2444. -
U.S. Asia–Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to People’S Liberation Army Naval Forces Modernization
i [H.A.S.C. No. 113–71] U.S. ASIA–PACIFIC STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY NAVAL FORCES MODERNIZATION HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION HEARING HELD DECEMBER 11, 2013 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 86–078 WASHINGTON : 2014 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, http://bookstore.gpo.gov. For more information, contact the GPO Customer Contact Center, U.S. Government Printing Office. Phone 202–512–1800, or 866–512–1800 (toll-free). E-mail, [email protected]. SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia, Chairman K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina DUNCAN HUNTER, California JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut E. SCOTT RIGELL, Virginia JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi RICK LARSEN, Washington ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHNSON, JR., Georgia MIKE COFFMAN, Colorado COLLEEN W. HANABUSA, Hawaii JON RUNYAN, New Jersey DEREK KILMER, Washington KRISTI L. NOEM, South Dakota SCOTT H. PETERS, California PAUL COOK, California HEATH BOPE, Professional Staff Member DOUGLAS BUSH, Professional Staff Member NICHOLAS RODMAN, Clerk (II) C O N T E N T S CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF HEARINGS 2013 Page HEARING: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to People’s Liberation Army Naval Forces Modernization ................. 1 APPENDIX: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 ............................................................................. 23 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2013 U.S. ASIA–PACIFIC STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY NAVAL FORCES MODERNIZATION STATEMENTS PRESENTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Forbes, Hon. -
JFQ 11 ▼JFQ FORUM Become Customer-Oriented Purveyors of Narrow NOTES Capabilities Rather Than Combat-Oriented Or- 1 Ganizations with a Broad Focus and an Under- U.S
Warfare today is a thing of swift movement—of rapid concentrations. It requires the building up of enormous fire power against successive objectives with breathtaking speed. It is not a game for the unimaginative plodder. ...the truly great leader overcomes all difficulties, and campaigns and battles are nothing but a long series of difficulties to be overcome. — General George C. Marshall Fort Benning, Georgia September 18, 1941 Inaugural Issue JFQ CONTENTS A Word from the Chairman 4 by Colin L. Powell Introducing the Inaugural Issue 6 by the Editor-in-Chief JFQ FORUM JFQ Inaugural Issue The Services and Joint Warfare: 7 Four Views from the Top Projecting Strategic Land Combat Power 8 by Gordon R. Sullivan The Wave of the Future 13 by Frank B. Kelso II Complementary Capabilities from the Sea 17 by Carl E. Mundy, Jr. Ideas Count by Merrill A. McPeak JOINT FORCE QUARTERLY 22 JFQ Reforming Joint Doctrine Coalition Warfare What’s Ahead for the Armed Forces? by David E. Jeremiah Joint Warfare— Views from the Top 25 United Nations Peacekeeping The Limits of Jointness The Gulf War Service Redundancy: Waste or Hidden Capability? Revisited Joint Air Summer Operations 93 by Stephen Peter Rosen Inaugural Issue 36 Service Redundancy— Waste or Capability? A PROFESSIONAL MILITARY JOURNAL ABOUT THE COVER Reforming Joint Doctrine The cover shows USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, 40 by Robert A. Doughty passing through the Suez Canal during Opera- tion Desert Shield, a U.S. Navy photo by Frank A. Marquart. Photo credits for insets, from top United Nations Peacekeeping: Ends versus Means to bottom, are Schulzinger and Lombard (for 48 by William H.