Veterans For Academic Freedom

The Surge Comes to Salinas by Troy Senik A plan to apply counterinsurgency doctrine to gang violence Communities beset by seemingly unbreakable cycles of violence; law enforcement overmatched to the point of essentially ceding sovereignty to an organized and heavily armed resistance; citizens so intimidated by thugs that they won’t report them to authorities, for...

Share CENTCOM in 2010: Views from General David H. Petraeus Friday, January 22, 2010 Stretching from Egypt to Yemen, Iran and Pakistan, General David H. Petraeus commands the most challenging area of responsibility in the war against terrorism. In addition to deterring non-state aggressors, he also oversees the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. On...

The Athenian Democracy collapsed when politicians discovered the ability to rob the public treasury. Now, industry has learned how to rob the public treasury by buying...