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Contents March-April 2015
RUNNING HEAD

Volume 95 ◆ Number 2

125 Air-Sea Battle and the
Danger of Fostering a
Maginot Line Mentality
Lt. Col. Raymond Millen, U.S.
Army, Retired
Air-Sea Battle doctrine downplays the role
of ground forces in the conduct of decisive
operations, subordinating it to air and sea
power. The author uses the example of
the French Maginot Line to demonstrate
the flaw in this reasoning: that national
security can be assured by a “silver bullet.”

R E V I E W E S S AY

133 Killing From the
Inside Out
Moral Injury and Just War
Lt. Col. Douglas A. Pryer, U.S. Army
The author provides an analysis of a
book that examines the psychological
effects of combat through the lens of
“just war theory.”

B O O K RE V I EWS

135 Readers provide analyses
of contemporary
readings for the
military professional
Spc. Morgan Austin, communications specialist with Joint Forces
Command–United Assistance, assigned to Headquarters and
Headquarters Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault),
holds up the U.S. flag during a promotion and reenlistment ceremony 1 January 2015 at Barclay Training Center, Monrovia, Liberia.
United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia
to support U.S. Agency for International Development efforts to
contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa.
(Photo by Spc. Rashene Mincy, 55th Signal Company Combat Camera)

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