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Air & Space Power Journal - Spring 2008
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Lt Col Paul D. Berg, USAF, Chief, Professional Journals
Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ), the professional journal of the US Air Force, encourages worldwide debate about military topics by publishing articles that critique current methods and propose new ideas. Because feedback from readers is central to sustaining this debate, the ASPJ staff facilitates such commentary via “e-mail the editor” links throughout the ASPJ Web site. We receive numerous “Ricochets and Replies” from readers responding to articles. Authors, fellow Journal readers, and staff members are all interested in audience reactions to published articles, so we forward Ricochets and Replies to authors for their reaction and publish selected ones in each quarterly issue. Because a given article may appear in multiple ASPJ language editions, we might receive Ricochets and Replies in any of those languages; we translate that correspondence to bring about international discussion of articles that strike a responsive chord among our audience. Few other journals reach readers in six languages to stimulate the free exchange of ideas among the world’s military professionals.
ASPJ publishes comments in different formats, depending on their length and the writer’s preferences. Brief remarks may appear in the Ricochets and Replies section if commentators give the Journal permission to publish them. ASPJ may coordinate with readers to publish longer responses as separate “Merge” articles that “succinctly present opposing viewpoints about controversial topics.”* A series of Ricochet and Reply or Merge articles can continue for several ASPJ quarterly issues. A few commentators prefer to keep their responses private, and we respect that choice. Ultimately, some articles spur readers to write entirely new articles, perpetuating the cycle of professional debate that ASPJ encourages. If you have a comment about any ASPJ article, please send it to us at aspj@maxwell.af.mil.
All ASPJ editions promote professional dialogue among Airmen worldwide so that we can harness the best ideas about air, space, and cyberspace power. Chronicles Online Journal (COJ) complements the printed editions of ASPJ but appears only in electronic form. Not subject to any fixed publication schedule or constraints regarding article length, COJ can publish timely articles anytime about a broad range of military topics.
Articles appearing in COJ are frequently republished elsewhere. The various ASPJ language editions routinely translate and print them. Book editors from around the world select them as book chapters, and college professors use them in the classroom. We are pleased to present the following recent COJ articles (available at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/ airchronicles/cc.html):
•Dr. Stephen R. Schwalbe, “The World’s Fireman and Its Lily Pads: The Case of K2” (http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/schwalbe5.html)
•Richard L. DiNardo, “From Bucharest to the Baltic: German Air Operations on the Eastern Front, 1916–1917” (http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/dinardo.html)
The ASPJ staff seeks insightful articles and book reviews from anywhere in the world. We offer both hard-copy and electronic-publication opportunities in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. To submit an article in any of these languages, please refer to the submission guidelines at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/howto1.html. To write a book review, please see the guidelines at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/bookrev/bkrevguide.html.
*Lt Col Paul D. Berg, “Introducing ‘the Merge’ and the Latest Chronicles Online Journal Articles,” Air and Space Power Journal 20, no. 1 (Spring 2006): 10, http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj06/spr06/spr06.pdf.
Disclaimer
The conclusions and opinions expressed in this document are those of the author cultivated in the freedom of expression, academic environment of Air University. They do not reflect the official position of the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, the United States Air Force or the Air University
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