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Smithsonian
November 2006
Simon Worrall |
Pilgrims' Progress We retrace the travels (and travails) of the ragtag group that founded Plymouth Colony, gave us Thanksgiving and laid the foundation for democracy in the New World.   |
Reason
March 2005
Cathy Young |
God or Mammon When religious groups in the U.S. get caught between their principles and their subsidies. |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004
Jessi Hempel |
The Salvation Army's Leaky Kettle Just when the agency needs more cash, retailers are foiling its fund-raising strategy, as giant discounters -- Target and Wal-Mart -- are limiting or banning charities from collecting donations outside their stores. |
BusinessWeek
August 22, 2005
David Kiley |
Uncle Sam Wants You In The Worst Way The Army is boosting its marketing and trying new tacks to close a recruiting gap. |
Parameters
Summer 2004
Mahnken & Fitzsimonds |
Tread-Heads or Technophiles? Army Officer Attitudes Toward Transformation This article presents selected results of the first systematic effort to understand officer attitudes toward transformation in recent years. |
National Defense
April 2006
Sandra Erwin |
An Army Under Stress: A Tale of Two Green Lines An upcoming decision on whether to begin drawing down U.S. troops in Iraq sets the stage for yet another round of inside-the-Beltway wrangling on the burdens this war is piling on the armed services. |
American History
October 2007
James B. Daniels |
The Battle of Chippewa An unlikely victory on the Canadian side of the Niagara River during the War of 1812 helped transform the motley U.S. Army into a professional fighting force. |
Salon.com
April 15, 2002
Caroline Tiger |
The Father, the Son and the Holy JumboTron In the new Media Reformation, churches employ high-tech gizmos and hip spin to boost their diminishing flocks... |
National Defense
April 2005 |
Washington Pulse The cost of equipping soldiers has escalated dramatically since the beginning of the war in Iraq... Pentagon unhappy about leaked memo... Turf feud between the Air Force and the Army on how best to destroy targets on the ground continues... etc. |
Parameters
Autumn 2006 |
Book Reviews The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. By George Packer... On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom... Rein In at the Brink of the Precipice: American Policy Toward Taiwan and U.S.-PRC Relations. By Alan D. Romberg... etc. |
National Defense
May 2006
Perry & Flournoy |
The U.S. Military: Under Strain And at Risk In the current debate over the nation's defense strategy and spending priorities, many have forgotten that the ground forces are under enormous strain. This strain, if not soon relieved, will have highly corrosive effects on the force. |
Parameters
Spring 2007
Richard Swain |
Reflection on an Ethic of Officership Reminder that America's Army has operated for over 200 years without an officer's creed to govern the actions of its leaders. |
Vietnam
December 2006
Mark DePu |
Vietnam War: The Individual Rotation Policy The individual rotation policy was, in hindsight, clearly one of the worst ideas of the war. At the time, however, military planners had few options. |
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Michael O'Hanlon |
The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established. |
Parameters
Winter 2005/2006
George R. Mastroianni |
Occupations, Cultures, and Leadership in the Army and Air Force The relatively recent separation of the Air Force from the Army, coupled with the rapid rise of the Air Force as a powerful, independent institution offers a unique opportunity to explore the organizational cultures of these two services, and to better understand the implications of culture on leadership styles in each of the services. |
AFP eWire
November 22, 2004 |
Increasing Competition, Economy Affecting Holiday Kettle Tradition In another sign of the shifting fundraising environment, a combination of factors is changing the operation of one of the oldest traditions in philanthropy across North America. |
