Talk:The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012

I don't understand why this paper is encyclopedic, or notable. Is it widely-read? Has it been cited in other sources? If it hasn't been cited by other sources, it's arguably unverifiable for Wikipedia purposes, and I'd argue that it's unlikely to be notable. CDC (talk) 00:23, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

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This essay was published in PARAMETERS, the U.S. Army War College quarterly, in 1992.

According to this [1]

"The present article is adapted from his National War College student paper that was co-winner of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1991-92 Strategy Essay Competition, in which students from all the senior service colleges compete."

Apparently the award was presented by General Colin Powell, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

It seems to have been influential, and has been widely cited: 844 Google hits for the exact string "Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012", 52 of them from within the .mil domain.

It's been reported on in newspapers, for example:

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1215613,00.html
• http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EL05Aa03.html

and cited in bibliographies, and set as required reading for students, for example:

• http://www.duke.edu/jscope/articles.htm
• http://www.fhsu.edu/history/rook/h5-770.htm

On this basis, yes, I'd say it was encyclopedic. -- Karada 00:32, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

The article has nearly 90,000 google citations, 00:35, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

I had plugged in a bunch of languages but took that out because i don't know how that work. I had hoped it would instantaneously post something like a pointer or translate the title into all those languages, but couldn't find anythingHank chapot 19:13, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

• This essay strikes me as notable and especially relevant what with our modern circumstances. Any chance it could be copied to Wikibooks? Paul 15:25, 7 April 2006 (UTC)