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Full spectrum dominance : irregular warfare and the war on terror (2019)
Book
RYAN, M. (2019). Full spectrum dominance : irregular warfare and the war on terror. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press

America's war on terror is widely defined by the Afghanistan and Iraq fronts. Yet, as this book demonstrates, both the international campaign and the new ways of fighting that grew out of it played out across multiple fronts beyond the Middle East. M... Read More about Full spectrum dominance : irregular warfare and the war on terror.

‘Enormous Opportunities’ and ‘Hot Frontiers’: Sub-Saharan Africa in U.S. Grand Strategy, 2001-Present (2019)
Journal Article
Ryan, M. (2019). ‘Enormous Opportunities’ and ‘Hot Frontiers’: Sub-Saharan Africa in U.S. Grand Strategy, 2001-Present. International History Review, 42(1), 155-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2018.1529696

This article argues that, in the 21st century, there has been a significant turnaround in the US approach to Sub-Saharan Africa. No longer is the region viewed solely as the site of human tragedy and internal wars where Washington has no tangible int... Read More about ‘Enormous Opportunities’ and ‘Hot Frontiers’: Sub-Saharan Africa in U.S. Grand Strategy, 2001-Present.