Endgame for the West in Afghanistan? : explaining the decline in support for the war in Afghanistan in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, France and Germany /

Analyses of the War in Afghanistan frequently mention the declining or shaky domestic support for the conflict in the United States and among several U.S. allies. This paper dates the beginning of this decline back to the resurgence of the Taliban in 2005-06 and suggests that the deteriorating course of the war on the ground in Afghanistan itself along with mounting casualties is the key reason behind this drop in domestic support for the war.

Towards a U.S. Army officer corps strategy for success : employing talent /

Efficient talent employment is at the core of the Army Officer Human Capital Model. However, the Army's current employment paradigm is unequal to the needs of a professional, volunteer Army facing the twin challenges of a competitive labor market and an increasingly complex global operating environment. It unduly prioritizes "fairness" when making assignments, has a narrowly defined pathway to senior leadership ranks, cannot see the talent it possesses, and suffers from severe principal-agent problems. Optimal employment theories, information age tools, and well-regulated market mechanisms can help the Army match individual officer talents against specific work requirements, reducing risk and achieving the depth and breadth of talent it needs, both now and in the future.

Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 2007 : hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, on S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the armed forces, and for other purposes.

"March 7, 29, April 4, 6, 2006"--Pt. 7.

Federal aid for education : a history of proposals which have received consideration by the Congress of the United States, 1789-1960 / c Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, first session. Prepared in the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress, by Helen A. Miller, assisted by Anne F. McGrath and Maryann D. Ellsworth.

At head of title: 87th Cong., 1st sess. Committee print.

Abridged history of the Eighth Indiana volunteer infantry, from its organization, April 21st, 1861, to the date of re-enlistment as veterans, January 1, 1864.

Mode of access: Internet.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the first session of the twelfth Congress, in the thirty-sixth year of the independence of the United States.

"A supplelmental jouranl": 161 p. (2d group)

Journal // of // the Senate // of the // United States of America; // being the // first session // of // the Tenth Congress, // begun and held in the city of Washington, // October 26, 1807, // and // in the thirty-second year of the sovereignty of // the said United States. //

"Senators of the United States, whose seats will be vacated 1809, 1811, 1813": 1 .

Journal // of // the Senate // of the // United States of America, // being the // first session // of the // Ninth Congress, // begun and held at the city of Washington, // December 2, 1805, // and // in the thirtieth year of the sovereignty of the // said United States. //

Appendix (7, [1] p.): Acts passed at the first session of the Ninth Congress.--Senators whose seats will be vacant March 1807, 1809, 1811.

Journal // of the // Senate // of the // United States of America: // being the // first session // of the // Seventh Congress, // begun and held at the city of Washington, // December 7th, 1801; // and in the twenty-sixth year of the sovereignty // of the said United States. //

Appendix (p. [279]-284): Acts passed at the first session of the Seventh Congress.--Senators of the United States whose seats will be vacated March 1803, March 1805, March, 1807.

Memorial of the auctioneers of Philadelphia : To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled--

Imprint from p. 16.

United States naval medical bulletin.

Mode of access: Internet.

Report of the delegates of the United States to the Pan American Scientific Congress held at Santiago, Chile, December 25, 1908, to January 5, 1909 ...

Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered printed, May 29, 1909.

Thrilling days in army life /

A frontier fight. -- An Apache raid. -- Sheridan's ride. -- The closing scene at Appomattox Court-House.

Adult probation laws of the United States; topical and State by State summaries of their main provisions.

Its present ed. brings the text of the 1st ed. (written by Francis H. Hiller) up to date and has pt. 2, State by State summary, added. Cf. p. vi.

United States standard facilities flight check manual.

Mode of access: Internet.