Joint Force Quarterly

JFQ 59 (4th Quarter, October 2010)

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JFQ Dialogue

• 2     From the Chairman
  
• 4     Letters to the Editor
  

Forum

• 6    Executive Summary
• 8    An Interview with General James T. Conway, 34th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
  
• 14  Developing an Operational Reserve: A Policy and Historical Context and the Way Forward
  By John D. Winkler
• 21  Operational for What? The Future of the Guard and Reserves
  By John A. Nagl and Travis Sharp
• 30  Senior Officer Professional Military Education as an Equalizer
  By James T. Currie

Special Feature

• 35  The Security Trinity: Understanding the Role of Security Forces in COIN
  By Eric E. Greek
• 40  Understanding Sri Lanka's Defeat of the Tamil Tigers
  By Niel A. Smith
• 45  ISAF and Afghanistan: The Impact of Failure on NATO's Future
  By Tarn D. Warren
• 52  A QDR for All Seasons? The Pentagon Is Not Preparing for the Most Likely Conflicts
  By Roy Godson and Richard H. Shultz, Jr.
• 57  Is the Conduct of War a Business?
  By Milan Vego

Essay Contests

• 66  Winners of the 2010 Writing Competitions
  
• 68  Harmonious Ocean? Chinese Aircraft Carriers and the Australia-U.S. Alliance
  By John Frewen
• 75  U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: Flawed Assumptions Will Lead to Ultimate Failure
  By Mark Schrecker
• 83  Information Strategy: The Missing Link
  By Hans F. Palaoro

Commentary

• 86  Ike Warned Us About This: The MICC Stranglehold on Responsible Procurement
  By Eric A. Hollister
• 94  Redress of Professional Military Education: The Clarion Call
  By Charles D. Allen
• 101Breaking Ranks: Dissent and the Military Professional
  By Andrew R. Milburn
• 108Building a Potemkin Village: A Taliban Strategy to Reclaim the Homeland
  By Jeff Donnithorne
• 110Strategic Communication in the New Media Sphere
  By Timothy Cunningham

Features

• 115What U.S. Cyber Command Must Do
  By Wesley R. Andrues
• 121China's Ace in the Hole: Rare Earth Elements
  By Cindy A. Hurst
• 127Responsible Drawdown: Synchronizing the Joint Vision
  By Paul C. Hurley and John J. Abbatiello
• 136Force Planning in the 2010 QDR
  By Kathleen H. Hicks and Samuel J. Brannen

Force of Law

• 143A Patchwork Strategy of Consensus: Establishing Rule of Law in Afghanistan
  By Mark R. Hagerott, Thomas J. Umberg, and Joseph A. Jackson

Recall

• 147Operation Albion and Joint Amphibious Doctrine
  By Gregory A. Thiele

Book Reviews

• 152The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell
  Reviewed by Rizwan Ali
• 153Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?
  Reviewed by John D. Becker
• 154Intelligence for an Age of Terror
  Reviewed by Clark Capshaw
• 155Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces
  Reviewed by Todd M. Manyx

Joint Doctrine

• 156Redefining the Center of Gravity
  By Dale C. Eikmeier
• 159ALSA: Increasing Warfighter Interoperability
  By Ray A. Zuniga
• 160Joint Doctrine Update