On Track (Conference of Defence Associations Institute), VOLUME 14 NUMBER 3

Issue here, Table of Contents:

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR............................................................4
Colonel (Ret’d) Alain Pellerin

LE MOT DU DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL............................................................4
Colonel (Ret) Alain Pellerin

THE STATE OF THE CANADIAN ARMY: an interview with
Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie...........................................9
Colonel (Ret’d) Brian MacDonald

[Another interview with Lt.-Gen. Leslie from March 2009 here.]

CONCEIVING AN ARMY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY..............................18
Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Rostek

THE WARS OF THE 21ST CENTURY AND STABILITY
OPERATIONS: the Economic Dimension...............................20
Dr. Jack Treddenick

DND STAFF SHORTAGES IMPERIL CF CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS......23
Colonel (Ret’d) Andrew Nellestyn

A MOST MIS-COMMUNICATED WAR......................................................26
Cincinnatus

TWO YEARS PAST KANDAHAR TOUR: Turning Point for
Canada’s Afghan Mission...........................................................27
Dr. Lee Windsor

CRISIS PREVENTION: USAFRICOM, PARTNERSHIPS &
THE U.S. ARMY...............................................................................30
Colonel Stephen J. Mariano and Major George L. Deuel

LA PHILOSOPHIE ET LES MILITAIRES...................................................35
Mme Manon Turgeon

PHILOSOPHY AND THE MILITARY..........................................................35
Ms. Manon Turgeon

HEROES PROGRAM......................................................................................40
Mr. Thomas Caldwell

Book Reviews

“La guerre probable : Penser autrement”..............................................41

“What the thunder said: reflections of a Canadian officer in
Kandahar”..........................................................................................43

“Mc Mafia: A Journey Through The Global Criminal
Underworld”......................................................................................44

“Seeds of Terror”..............................................................................................45