“A Question of Character”
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A paper which looks at A Question of Character – Life Lessons to Learn from Military History by Simmons and Gaebelein, in terms of the way in which the authors perceive the importance of character and the impact which the character of individual leaders can have on community ethics and behaviour.
Filename: JLChar.rtf

“America the Vulnerable” by Stephen Flynn
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A 4 page review of the book “America the Vulnerable” by Stephen Flynn. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAamvul.rtf

“Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War”: A Review of the Book by Mark Bowden
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A 5 page review of the book detailing the 1993 downing of two MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu and the fighting which extended through the night. This event now holds the record for the longest sustained American firefight since Vietnam. The author of this paper contends that if Bowden’s book can be criticized, that criticism would revolve around the fact that it devotes practically all of its attention to a bullet-by-bullet account of the fighting surrounding the downing of the American helicopters and their crews’ survival through the night and devotes relatively little effort to explaining the circumstances behind that downing. This paper fills in the gaps on those circumstances. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPblkHwk.rtf