This work features the fresh thinking of twenty-eight leading authors from a variety of military and national security disciplines. Following an introduction by Lt. Gen. James Dubik, Commander I Corps, U.S. Army, the anthology first considers the general question of whether there is a distinctly American way of war. Dr. Colin Gray's opening essay "The American Way of War: Critique and Implications" provides a state of the question perspective. Sections on operational art, with writers addressing the issues in both conventional and small wars; stability and reconstruction; and intelligence complete the volume. Among the well-known contributors are Robert Scales, Mary Kaldor, Ralph Peters, Jon Sumida, Grant Hammond, Milan Vego, and T.X. Hammes. The anthology is part of a larger Rethinking the Principles project, sponsored by the Office of Force Transformation and the U.S. Navy to examine approaches to the future of warfare. Footnotes, index, and a bibliographic essay make the work a useful tool for students of war and general readers alike.
Author(s): Anthony D. McIvor
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: xviii+572
James M. Dubik: Introduction: Get On with It
Part 1: An American Way of War?
1 Colin S. Gray: The American Way of War: Critique and Implications
2 Robert H. Scales: The Second Learning Revolution
3 Antulio J. Echevarria II: Principles of War or Principles of Battle?
4 Harlan Ullman: On War: Enduring Principles or Profound Changes?
5 Ralph Peters: Speed the Kill: Updating the American Way of War
6 Grant T. Hammond: The U.S. Air Force and the American Way of War
7 Jon Sumida: Pitfalls and Prospects: The Misuses and Uses of Military History and Classical Military Theory in the "Transformation" Era
Part 2: Operational Arts: Conventional Warfare
8 Sir Ian Forbes: Future Warefare and the Principles of War
9 David A. Fastabend: Transformation and Operational Art
10 Milan Vego: Operational Art and Doctrine
11 Robert R. Tomes: Rethinking Operational Art
12 Robert R. Leonhard: From Operational Art to Grand Stategy
13 James J. Carafano: Preponderance in Power: Sustaining Military Capabilities in the Twenty-first Century
14 Paulette M. Risher: Teaching, Learning, and Leading: The New Mandate
Part 3: Operational Arts: Irregular Warfare
15 Thomas X. Hammes: Rethinking the Principles of War: The Future of Warfare
16 Steven Metz: Small Wars: Fom Low Intensity Conflict to Irregular Challenges
17 Frank G. Hoffman: Principles for the Savage Wars of Peace
Part 4: Post-Conflict Stability Operations
18 Anna Simons: Seeing the Enemy (or Not)
19 Michael Vlahos: A "Post-Hostilities" Moment?
20 Bathsheba Crocker with John Ewers and Craig Cohen: Rethinking and Rebuilding the Relationship between War and Policy: Post-Conflict Reconstruction
21 Mary H. Kaldor: Principles for the Use of the Military in Human Security Operations
22 John B. Alexander: The Role of Nonlethal Weapons in Future Military Operations
Part 5: Intelligence-Winning the Silent Wars
23 William M. Nolte: Rethinking War and Intelligence
24 Deborah G. Barger: Beyond Intelligence Reform: The Case for Revolution in Intelligence Affairs
25 Richard L. Russell: The Weakest Link: Intelligence for Preemptive and Preventive Military Action
26 Anthony D McIvor and Roy L. Reed Jr. : Making the Case: Defense Counterintelligence as a Strategic Asset
27 Wesley K. Wark: Does Intelligence Have a Future Tense?
28 Michael Warner: Intelligence Transformation Past and Future: The Evolution of War and U.S. Intelligence
29 Keith J. Masback with Sean Tytler: Refocusing Intelligence: The Art of Analysis
Appendix: U.S. Principles of Joint Operations
