by Joseph J. Collins | Aug 3, 2015 | Monitor
By: Joseph J. Collins Plans to take the Army from its high of 570,000 to 490,000 today, and then to reduce it again to 450,000 soldiers seemed prudent a few years ago.
by Joseph J. Collins | May 20, 2015 | Monitor
By: Joseph J. Collins A constellation of stars is falling on Washington. As each of the new chiefs takes his chair, he will have to grapple with the pressing problems of strategy, programs, and…
by Joseph J. Collins | Jan 6, 2015 | Monitor
By: Joseph J. Collins This review essay looks at: the memoir of a Secretary of Defense, a recent RAND study, the cri de coeur of a retired general, and the memoir of a combat…
by Joseph J. Collins | Jul 15, 2014 | Monitor
By: Joseph J. Collins American generals who thought that they could talk the President into extending the Surge were sadly mistaken.
by Joseph J. Collins | Nov 4, 2013 | Monitor
By: Joseph J. Collins Peter Mansoor’s book, Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War adds to the list of impressive works about the Surge.