Contents

• Editorial

• CDF Essay Competition 1998

• First Prize

Revolution in Military Affairs and Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4): Are We Ready?
by LTC Lim Seng Hock

• Second Prize

Indonesian Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity Amidst a Changing Environment
by CPT Benedict Ang Kheng Leong

• Third Prize

Five Power Defence Arrangements: A Singapore Perspective
by CPT Ang Wee Han

• Merit Prizes

Failure of Logistics in "Operation Barbarossa" and its Relevance Today
by MAJ Loganathan

Professionalism - The Nucleus of Our Core Value System
by MAJ Yao Shih En

The U.S. - Japan - China Triangle: Maintaining Peace and Security in a Troubled East Asia
by CPT Yeo Heng Hwee

The Awakening Dragon
by CPT Steven Tan Boon Heng

The People's Liberation Army: Civil - Military Relations in Reform China
by CPT Kwek Ju-Hon

Operational Maneuver from the Sea - An Option Against Littoral Asymmetric Warfare
by CPT Lai Chung Han

The Morality of Area Bombing on Germany by Bomber Command During World War Two
by LTA (NS) Wong Tze Yung

Synopses of the Ten Commendation Award Essays

• Departments

Book Review: War in the Gulf 1990 - 1991: The Iraq - Kuwait Conflict and its Implications
Reviewed by MAJ (NS) Wong Chee Wai

Personality Profile: General Tomoyuki Yamashita

Selected Books and Reports: Walter Laqueur

Letters to the Editor