Frederick Kagan/articles on war and the war in Iraq

The following are articles written by Frederick Kagan on war and the war in Iraq.

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Articles

1997

• "Army Doctrine and Modern War: Notes Toward a New Edition of FM 100-5," Parameters (U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks), Spring 1997, pp. 134-51.

1998

• "Star Wars in Real Life: Political Limitations on Space Warfare," Parameters (U.S. Army War College), Autumn 1998, pp. 112-20.

1999

• Back to the Future: NSC-68 and the Right Course for America Today, SAIS Review, Volume 19, Number 1, Winter-Spring 1999, pp. 55-71 (The Johns Hopkins University Press).

2002

• "Cheap Hawks Can't Fly," The Weekly Standard (Project for the New American Century (PNAC)), November 4, 2002.

2003

• "War and Aftermath," Policy Review (Hoover Institution), August/September 2003.
• "The art of war," The New Criterion, November 2003.
• "A Dangerous Transformation. Donald Rumsfeld means business. That's a problem," WSJ OpinionJournal, November 12, 2003.

2004

• "One War, Many Fronts," The Weekly Standard, September 20, 2004. Posted by Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
• With Christoher Hitchens, Michael Rubin, and Gary Schmitt, "What's Going Right in Iraq," Los Angeles Times (PNAC), October 24, 2004.
• "The Army We Have. It's too small," The Weekly Standard, December 27, 2004.

2005

• "It Takes the Right Army. Security in Iraq is not as simple as decreasing our troops and increasing theirs," Washington Post, August 17, 2005.
• "Fighting the Wrong War. What Rumsfeld's defenders don't want to admit," The Weekly Standard, January 17, 2005.
• Opinion: "Better than it looks in Iraq. Progress cannot be measured by the number of deaths or bombs," Los Angeles Times (Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)), August 11, 2005.
• "Blueprint for Victory. For democracy to thrive in Iraq, the Sunnis must know they are defeated," The Weekly Standard, October 31, 2005; FrontPageMag.com, October 26, 2005.
• "The New Bolsheviks: Understanding Al Qaeda," AEI National Security Outlook, November 15, 2005.
• "Fighting to Win. With the proper strategy, victory in Iraq is far more likely than people think," The Weekly Standard, December 19, 2005.
• "Iraq Is Not Vietnam. A pernicious equivalence," Policy Review (Hoover Institution), December 2005/January 2006.

2006

• "Risky Business. The Biggest Danger in Iraq Now Is Drawing Down Too Quickly," AEI Short Publications, January 17, 2006; The Weekly Standard, January 23, 2006.
• "The Americans must stay, so Al-Qaeda cannot inherit Iraq," The Daily Star (Lebanon), February 6, 2006.
• "What's Wrong with the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review," American Enterprise Institute, February 13, 2006.
• "Myths of the Current War," AEI National Security Outlook, March 2006.
• With William Kristol, "Rumors of Civil War. Iraq can be saved from civil war--if the United States keeps its nerve," The Weekly Standard, April 3, 2006.
• "Let the Generals Speak. It's not a problem for civil-military relations," The Weekly Standard, May 8, 2006.
• "A Plan for Victory in Iraq. Defeat the Insurgents Militarily--Here's How," American Enterprise Institute, May 22, 2006; The Weekly Standard, May 29, 2006; FrontPageMagb.com, June 15, 2006.
• "Seize the Day. After Zarqawi's death, stay on the offensive," The Weekly Standard, June 26, 2006.
• "Why Military History Matters," American Enterprise Institute, June 27, 2006.
• With Lawrence J. Korb and Peter Ogden, "Jets or GIs? How Best to Address the Military's Manpower Shortage," Foreign Affairs/Council on Foreign Relations, July/August 2006. Posted by AEI.
• "The U.S. Military's Manpower Crisis," Foreign Affairs/Council on Foreign Relations, July/August 2006.
• Transcript: "Troop Withdrawal and the War In Iraq," American Enterprise Institute (Washington Post), August 17, 2005.
• With William Kristol, "More Troops. The consensus for a larger Army is about as complete as it could be," The Weekly Standard, October 11, 2006.
• "Insult to Injury in Iraq," Washington Post, October 25, 2006.
• Opinion: "Rumsfeld's self-inflicted wounds. The outgoing defense secretary was too focused on transforming the military, and failed to plan for achieving political goals in Iraq," Los Angeles Times, November 12, 2006.
• "No Third Way in Iraq. 'Redeployment' will not 'incentivize' the Iraqi military. It will lead to its collapse," The Weekly Standard, November 13, 2006.
• With William Kristol, Opinion: "Bush's legacy. He can quit Iraq or do what is necessary to succeed," The Australian, November 14, 2006.
• "Reality Check II. Examining the consequences of 'redeployment'," The Weekly Standard, November 15, 2006.
• With William Kristol, "Time for a Heavier Footprint. More American troops are needed to break the cycle of violence in Iraq," The Weekly Standard, November 27, 2006; posted as "Go Big Now", FrontPageMag.com, November 28, 2006.
• "We Can Put More Forces in Iraq ... and they would make a difference," The Weekly Standard, December 4, 2006.
• Opinion: "Asking for chaos. Iraq Study Group fails the big test: how to quell the violence," New York Daily News, December 7, 2006.
• "Missing the Obvious. The Baker-Hamilton report has little to say about actually establishing security in Iraq," The Weekly Standard, December 7, 2006; CBS News, December 8, 2006.
• With Jack Keane, "Choosing Victory. A Plan for Success in Iraq," American Enterprise Institute, December 14, 2006.
• "U.S. Cannot Accept Defeat. New Strategy to Win Would Show President's Wisdom, Not Stubborness," USA TODAY, December 21, 2006. Posted by AEI.
• "Send More Troops to Baghdad and We'll Have a Fighting Chance," The Sunday Times (London), December 24, 2006; posted by AEI; posted as "Winning in Iraq" by FrontPageMag.com.
• "We can't afford to fail in Iraq. Send more troops to Baghdad and we'll have a fighting chance," The Australian, December 26, 2006.
• With Jack Keane, "The Right Type of 'Surge'; Any Troop Increase Must Be Large and Lasting," Washington Post, December 27, 2006.

2007

• "Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq. Phase I Report" (pdf) American Enterprise Institute, January 4, 2007; Short publication, AEI, January 5, 2007.