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In the past two years, Poland has started to struggle with a problem that is entirely…
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In the early 1990s, I worked on a study of the new Slavic states, namely Belarus…
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“We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any…
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Many, many reports have captured the tragedy of suicide by America’s veterans. No country can ever…
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Sailors assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) commemorate the 82nd…
Read More »The Key Role of MAWTS-1 in USMC Transormation
In their new book, MAWTS-1 An Incubator for Military Transformation, Robbin Laird and Ed Timberlake have…
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