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How I learned to stop worrying and love Fourth Generation War. We can win at this game.

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 14 Comments / 18 September 2013 2 January 2014

Summary: Looking through the archives of any website discussing modern war quickly reveals how little we have learned since 9-11, despite our futile but large expenditures of money and blood. The resistance to war with Syria (outcome still unknown) suggests that the time might have come to dust off these lessons. Perhaps America has grown …

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Is 4GW magnifique?

By Chet Richards / 20 Comments / 22 June 2012 22 June 2012

Summary: FM writer Chet Richards (Colonel, USAF, retired) describes what our military refuses to see, that 4GW has become the dominate form of warfare in our age. That others are mastering it, while we spend vast sums preparing for wars that will not occur again during our lives. And, like all war, 4GW is Hell. …

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Is Clausewitz Still Relevant?

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 12 Comments / 16 June 2012 7 January 2018

Summary: We are several generations of warfare from that of Clausewitz. His first-generation warfare differs immeasurably from ours, in which atomic weapons limit State-to-State conflict and 4th generation warfare has become the dominate form of conflict. But many of the essentials of war are timeless, so its worthwhile to mine the classics for lessons to …

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The U.S. Military’s German Fetish

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 31 Comments / 20 February 2010 18 September 2013

“American Blitzkrieg – Loving the German War Machine to Death” By William J. Astore, TomDispatch, 18 February 2010 — Reposted with permission. Introduction by Tom Engelhardt Remember the 100 hours of combat that made up the first Gulf War, the mere weeks it took for Kabul to fall in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, or …

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Is the War on Terror over (because there are no longer two sides)?

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 8 Comments / 3 September 2008 17 October 2018

Summary: There are reports that the US has supported terrorist groups seeking to overthrow Iran’s government. This is the first post in a series; at the end are links to the other chapters. Contents Background A description of the situation and what we know Evidence of covert support for terrorists: leaks and speculation What might …

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