Links: Best Defense Essay Contest & Reader Riposte

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Image courtesy of ForeignPolicy.com. Great thanks to Tom Ricks & his Best Defense blog for allowing me the privilege of entry into his “Future of War” essay context.  What follows is a sample, and the rest can be found here. “Though New America is doing great service by leading some much-needed public discussion, the “Future of War” project…

Conceptualizing Strategic Landpower

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Relative landpower roles in terms of space, time, and strategic effect. The Strategic Landpower Task Force is an initiative designed to integrate the individual landpower roles of the Army, Marine Corps, and Special Operations community. Last October, the relevant leadership released a jointly-signed “white paper,” promising to work together to generate commonly held principles to…