Volume 02 Issue 4 - Winter 2008 Published Dec. 1, 2008 Strategic Studies Quarterly, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL EDITORIAL Charting a Strategic Course in Interesting Times Lt Gen Allen G. Peck, USAF FEATURE ARTICLES Transformation in the French Air Force in an Era of Change Général d’armée aérienne Stéphane Abrial, chef d’etat-major de l’armée de l’air In Service to the Nation Air Force Research Institute Strategic Concept for 2018–2023Gen John A. Shaud, USAF, Retired Understanding Airpower: Bonfire of the Fallacies Colin S. Gray Living in Interesting Times: The Economics of a Chinese Currency Attack Col Jeffrey E. Haymond, USAF A Strategic Conversation about National Missile Defense 1st Lt Alexi A. LeFevre, USAF Why Did It All Go Wrong? Reassessing British Counterinsurgency in Iraq Warren Chin
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