Small wars are operations undertaken under executive authority, wherein military force is combined with diplomatic pressure in the internal or external affairs of another state whose government is unstable, inadequate, or unsatisfactory for the preservation of life and of such interests as are determined by the foreign policy of our Nation.
--Small Wars Manual, 1940
New Issues Now Available
We have resumed publishing select content from Small Wars Journal in multi-article issues. The most recent issues feature the winners from our writing competition. Look for another issue on April 1, 2010. As always, you can get all the Journal articles here.
SWJ Blog
Last 10 entries follow, more here.
- UW Recommended Reading by SWJ Editors
- SWJ Blog via Kindle by SWJ Editors
- My Lai Inquiry tape recordings by SWJ Editors
- Mobilizing Identity in the Pashtun Tribal Belt by SWJ Editors
- 17 March SWJ Roundup by SWJ Editors
- The Tea Fallacy by SWJ Editors
- Man Dogs by Michael Yon
- Nitpicking JOE by Robert Haddick
- 16 March SWJ Roundup by SWJ Editors
- 15 March SWJ Roundup by SWJ Editors
Journal
Last 10 articles follow, more here.
- Mobilizing Identity in the Pashtun Tribal Belt
- The Tea Fallacy
- Man Dogs
- French Counterinsurgency in Algeria
- Understanding Terror Networks
- A Sea Change in Pakistan?
- Countering the IMU in Afghanistan
- The Bridge
- Buying the Enemy: Demobilization Programs in the Midst of COIN
- Putting the “I” in the COIN Team
Small Wars Council Discussion Board
The 10 newest posts in the Small Wars Council forums that are accessible without registration are:
Comments
The SWJ Blog and Small Wars Journal articles most recently commented on are:
- It's the Tribes? That's Stupid. by Ian
- The Tea Fallacy by Robert C. Jones
- This Week at War: Does the Pottery Barn Rule Still Apply? by Ken White
- Marines Gone Rogue or Leading the Fight? by pcm030371
- SWJ Blog via Kindle by Starbuck
- Should AF/PAK Hands be South Asia Hands? by Jason Gresh
- French Counterinsurgency in Algeria by M-A Lagrange
- One Tribe At A Time by kdog101
- Nitpicking JOE by Robert C. Jones
- The Tribal Path – A Better Alternative? by Dave Maxwell
- The Bridge by Small Wars Journal
- The U.S. Army General Staff in the 21st Century by BriMac
- Joint Operating Environment 2010 by Chuck Chappell
- Understanding Terror Networks by Tha'lab
- ‘JihadJane’ case shows weaknesses in the decentralized terror model by thecoldspy
Welcome...
...to the left lateral limit of hotness. That'd be us. At least according to
Rolling Stone’s 2009 Hot List:
"This time, we're banking on an assortment of movers, shakers and muckrakers that runs the gamut from the warfare digest "Small Wars Journal" to Hot Issue cover girl Lady Gaga (check out shots of her wildest moments here)."
The nuances are explored here in the Small Wars Council. Recurring themes include:
- Recognition and support of Rolling Stone's cutting edge insightfulness, particularly as evidenced by their editorial decision to do a phone interview with no photographers for the SWJ piece and no shots of our wildest moments;
- shock that the rest of the so-called "Mainstream Media" is so out of touch with real hotness;
- various issues associated with proper etiquette for gracefully sharing the limelight with our fellow celebrities, so as not to burst their bubbles.
