Parameters

If you’re under the impression that the military is a monolithic, unthinking, unquestioning bureaucracy, you’ll be surprised by Parameters, the journal of the US Army War College. Think of it like Foreign Affairs for senior Army officers. Many of the articles are very relevant right now, including The CNN Effect: Strategic Enabler or Operational Risk? and The Moral Limits of Strategic Attack, which discusses the moral and practical issues surrounding “noncombatant immunity” and the Pentagon’s “effects-based” bombing strategies. The Bush Doctrine and War with Iraq is a wonderfully candid analysis of the new National Security Strategy. This is a wonderful resource, and unbelieveably, it’s free.