Archive for the 'state building'

• Building the Antilibrary

May 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, authors, book, CIA, COIN, counterinsurgency, government, history, IC, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, military, military history, national security, organizations, reading, state building, theory, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 1 comment

• The Surge, Rigor, Yardsticks and Mediums

April 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, arab world, bias, blogosphere, CNAS, cognition, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, defense, Epistemology, fisking, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, mideast, military, military history, national security, politics, rambling, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, vertical thinking, war | 12 comments

• Review: Senator’s Son by Larson

March 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, America, arab world, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, fiction, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, mideast, military, military history, military reform, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, reading, society, state building, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors, Writing | 5 comments

• Mackinlay’s Insurgent Archipelago & Other Books

March 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, gian gentile, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, lexington green, mao, Mao ZeDong, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, Nimble Books, non-state actors, security, social science, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 12 comments

• Tools vs. Strategies: Or, Why “An” Alternative to COIN is Not “THE” Alternative

February 12th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, small wars council, small wars journal, state building, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, war | 29 comments