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The Future of America's Profession of Arms

Army Professionalism, the Military Ethic, and Officership in the 21st Century, by Dr. Don M. Snid...

by Michael P. Noonan

Orbis, Spring 2001, pp. 305-320

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    2. Seven Worries about START III by Mark T. Clark, pp. 175-192
    3. Beyond Containment in the Persian Gulf by Rachel Bronson, pp. 193-210
    4. Chinese Energy and Asian Security by Felix K. Chang, pp. 211-240
    5. In Praise of Indifference toward India's Bomb by Gaurav Kampani, pp. 241-258
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      2. Generations Apart by Leonard Wong
      3. Making Citizen-Soldiers by Michael S. Neiberg
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    2. America, the West, and the World by William Anthony Hay, pp. 329-332
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    4. Triumph without Self-Belief by Alan Charles Kors, pp. 343-356
    5. "Liberty under Law" under Siege by Stephen B. Presser, pp. 357-370
    6. The Cusp of Strategic Change in Asia by Kurt M. Campbell, pp. 371-386
    7. A Ten-Year Rule for Defense Planning by Martin C. Libicki, pp. 387-400
    8. A New International Economic Policy by Bernard E. Munk, pp. 401-414
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    10. The Case for Puerto Rican Decolonization by Christina D. Burnett, pp. 433-452
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      2. Power Versus Prudence by T.V. Paul
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    1. Editor's Column by Walter A. McDougall, pp. 485-494
    2. Introduction by Alexander M. Haig, Jr., pp. 495-502
    3. Strategy and Preventative Diplomacy by Adam Garfinkle, pp. 503-518
    4. Liberals, Neocons, and Realcons by Michael C. Desch, pp. 519-534
    5. Legality, Morality, and the Good Samaritan by Jacques deLisle, pp. 535-556
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    8. Structural Constraints on Russian Diplomacy by Rajan Menon, pp. 579-596
    9. A Euro-Atlantic Ostpolitik by Simon Serfaty, pp. 597-608
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    16. Books Reviewed, pp. 665-670
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    7. Turkey's Caucasian Initiatives by Paul B. Henze, pp. 81-92
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