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Small Wars Journal

Online magazine

Summary

Online magazine

Field	Value
title	Small Wars Journal
editor	Dave Dilegge
category	Counter-insurgency, military science
language	English
publisher	Small Wars Foundation
country	United States
based	Bethesda, Maryland
frequency	Irregular
founded	2005
website
oclc	229127994
issn	2156-227X

The Small Wars Journal (SWJ) is an online magazine focusing on intrastate conflict. Aside from its online magazine, SWJ hosts an accompanying blog and the Small Wars Council discussion board. Other site features include an online reference library, recommended reading and event listings. The magazine is published by the Small Wars Foundation, a non-profit corporation.

The title refers to the 1940 United States Marine Corps Small Wars Manual, which used "small wars" as a catch-all term for unconventional and guerrilla warfare, also encompassing foreign internal defense (FID), military operations other than war (MOOTW), and military operations in urban terrain (MOUT).

History

The Small Wars Journal is an evolution of the MOUT Homepage, Urban Operations Journal, and urbanoperations.com, all formerly run by SWJ's editor-in-chief Dave Dilegge.

Tribal Engagement Workshop

On March 24 and 25, 2010, the Small Wars Foundation conducted a Tribal Engagement Workshop in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The workshop was cosponsored by the Small Wars Foundation, the U.S. Joint Forces Command Joint Irregular Warfare Center, the U.S. Marine Corps Center for Irregular Warfare, the U.S. Army / U.S. Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center, and Noetic Group. The objectives of the Tribal Engagement Workshop were to evaluate the value and feasibility of a tribal engagement approach in Afghanistan, assess the secondary effects adoption of a tribal engagement strategy would have on the political and military situation and to identify the operational components of a tribal engagement approach in Afghanistan.

Reception

Rolling Stone magazine recognized SWJ in their 2009 "Hot List" edition.

A 2012 SWJ article caused controversy in its exploration of a hypothetical military operation in which an extremist group sympathetic to the Tea Party movement takes over Darlington, South Carolina and clashes with federal troops. Conservative groups criticized the article, suggesting it reflected misplaced priorities.

References

(31 December 2010). "Small Wars Journal". [[Columbia Journalism Review]].
"Foundation".
(12 May 2014). "5 Questions With Dave Dilegge on Small Wars and Coin Cocktails". War on the Rocks.
"Tribal Engagement Workshop".
(28 May 2009). "The Rolling Stone 2009 Hot List".
(2012). "Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A 'Vision' of the Future". Small Wars Foundation.
(7 August 2012). "Editorial: The Civil War of 2016". [[The Washington Times]].
Peck, Michael. (15 November 2012). "How the U.S. Military Would Crush a Tea Party Rebellion". [[Forbes]].

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