Vol. 19, No. 4

DND/Formation Imaging Services/Tony Chand

HMCS St. John’s participates in a tow exercise during Spartan Warrior, 1 November 2016.

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Table of Contents

EDITOR’S CORNER

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