Military Perspectives on National Security

Thomas P.M. Barnett; Military Strategist: "The Pentagon's New Map," 3/8/05
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Stephen D. Biddle; Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations: "Military Victory in the Information Age," 1/27/06; and "Strategy and the Iraq War," 11/26/07
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Max Boot; Olin Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York: "Small Wars and U.S. Foreign Policy," 3/12/03; and, "Revolutions in Military Affairs and the War on Terror," 11/6/06
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Michael Gordon; Military Correspondent, The New York Times: "The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq," 3/21/06
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Victor Davis Hanson; Senior Felllow, Hoover Institution: "Iraq and the Lessons of the Peloponnesian War," 3/14/06
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Samuel P. Huntington; Eaton Professor of the Science of Government and Director, Center for International Affairs, Harvard: "The Problem of Strategy," 3/29/85

Bobby R. Inman; Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.); President of Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and former Director of the National Security Agency: "National Security and International Competitiveness," 3/25/86

Chalmers Johnson; President, Japan Policy Research Institute: "The Last Days of the American Republic," 03/7/07
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Charles R. Larson; Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.): "Education and Leadership in the Military," 3/9/00
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Lehman, John; former Secretary of the Navy (1981-87): "Managing National Security Policy," 5/16/91
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Edward Luttwak; Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University: "Strategy," 3/10/87; "The Logic of Strategy and U.S. Foreign Policy,"11/05/07
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Hans Mark; Chancellor, University of Texas: "Technology, Universities, and the Changing International Environment," 3/15/88

James M. McPherson; author: "Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief," 10/27/08
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Thomas H. Moorer; Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.): "Biographical Notes on a Military Career," 3/13/90

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.; Professor and Dean of JFK School of Government, Harvard: "Theory and Practice in International Relations," 4/8/98
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Robert H. Scales, Jr; Major General, U.S. Army (Ret.): "Military Strategy and the Future of Land Warfare," 3/9/04
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Susan Shirk; Professor and Director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California: "Addressing National Security Challenges in the Post-9/11 World" 6/5/08 (with Herbert York)
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Leighton W. Smith; Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired): "The U.S. Role in Peacekeeping Operations," 4/1/97

Mark Steyn; Journalist: "America, Europe, and the Islamic World, " 3/14/07
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Harry G. Summers; miltary strategist and commentator: "Military Strategy," 3/6/96
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Antonio M. Taguba; Major General “Investigating Military Conduct at Abu Ghraib,”2/07/08
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Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson; U.S. Army (ret.), Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State (2002-2005): ”Vice President Cheney and America's Response to 911,” 04/03/08
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Herbert York; Founding Director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California: "Addressing National Security Challenges in the Post-9/11 World" 6/5/08 (with Susan Shirk)
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Anthony Zinni; General, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) and former Commander in Chief of the Central Command: "The Military's Role in a Changing World," 3/6/01; and "Challenges for U.S. National Security Policy," 4/23/07
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Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.; Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Chief of Naval Operations (1970-74): "Recollections from a Military Career," 3/14/89
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