Lessons Worth Remembering | Combat in Urban Areas

This monograph, by MAJ Ron Hernandez,  deals with the prospect, "...that the urban environment will be the US Army’s predominate operating environment in the future. From this, it is deduced that by understanding modern urban operations an understanding of future warfare can be established. To foster this understanding, three case studies will be examined. The first will be the Battle of Aachen in October 1944. This battle was one of the key battles on the Western Front during World War II, and it was the first German city captured by Allied Forces. This battle set the foundation for the US Army’s initial understanding regarding urban warfare. "

A long way to go | The Russian Military Reform 2/3

The second of an analysis about the military reform of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, by Patrick Truffer, who has worked in the Swiss Armed Forces for more than 15 years, holds a Bachelor Degree of Political Science from the ETH Zurich and a Master in International Relations from the Free University of Berlin. An English version will follow soon and is going to be published here.

The Origins of the “Reagan Doctrine Wars”

in Angola, Central America, and Afghanistan, a thesis by Todd Greentree."This diplomatic and military history offers a new interpretation of the origins of the three fighting fronts during the final phase of the Cold War in Angola, Central America, and Afghanistan. Vaguely remembered today as proxy wars on the periphery, in fact, these were protracted revolutionary civil wars and regional contests for the balance of power in which millions died, while at the same time they were central to global superpower confrontation. Analysis focuses on the strategy and policy of the United States."