Vol. 19, No. 4
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DND/Formation Imaging Services/Tony Chand
HMCS St. John’s participates in a tow exercise during Spartan Warrior, 1 November 2016.
Table of Contents
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
What if the Pen is a Sword? Communicating in a Chaotic, Sensational, and Weaponized Information Environment
by Jay Janzen
MILITARY PROFESSIONAL THOUGHT
The Evolution of Canadian Defence Policy through the Pragmatic Control Theory of Civil-Military Relations
by Brian Frei
Rounding the Edges of the Maple Leaf: Emergent Design and Systems Thinking in the Canadian Armed Forces
by Ben Zweibelson, Kevin Whale, and Paul Mitchell
PERSONNEL ISSUES
The Road to Mental Readiness Program: Social Innovation or Smokescreen?
by Dave Blackburn
THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE
“A black cat in the dark room”: Russian Quasi-Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) – ‘Non-existent,’ but Deadly and Useful
by Sergey Sukhankin
VIEWS AND OPINIONS
What Is the ‘Technology of the Colour Revolutions,’ and Why Does It Occupy Such a Prominent Place in Russian Threat Perceptions?
by Mitchell Binding
From the Mess to the Journal: A Proposal to Professionalize Professional Discussions
by John Benson
Re-thinking Incentivized Fitness in the Canadian Army: An Evidence-Based Approach
by Lawrence Glover
1 Field Ambulance and the Great War, 1914–1918
by Jeff Biddiscombe
COMMENTARY
Time for Strong, Secure, Engaged Two, or Something More?
by Martin Shadwick
BOOK REVIEWS
Scattering Chaff: Canadian Air Power and Censorship during the Kosovo War
by Bob Bergen
Reviewed by Steven Bright
The Hall of Mirrors: War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century
by Jim Storr
Reviewed by Cole Petersen