A private researcher investigating the history of the U.S. biological weapons program at the National Archives recently came up empty. “She asked for the files for Fort Detrick from 1946…
With its decision last week to strike down the Bush Administration’s unilateral creation of military tribunals for trying detainees, the Supreme Court highlighted and reinforced the rule of law in…
The U.S. Marine Corps has recently published a series of documents on counterinsurgency: “Small-Unit Leaders’ Guide to Counterinsurgency,” June 2006 (4.7 MB PDF file). “Countering Irregular Threats: A Comprehensive Approach,”…
Military doctrine on the control of stress in combat is presented in a new Army field manual (pdf). “In our own Soldiers and in the enemy combatants, control of stress…
The fortieth anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act, signed into law by President Johnson on July 4, 1966, was marked with the release of several interesting and informative publications….