October 18th, 2012 by zen
The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by...
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October 10th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman
Posted in 2012, 21st century, 9/11, Afghanistan, asymmetric, extremists, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, J. Scott Shipman, military professionalism, recommended viewing, security, strategy, Strategy and War, suicide bombing, Taliban, Uncategorized | 9 comments
August 4th, 2012 by zen
I have a short piece up at IVN: Competition in...
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June 29th, 2012 by zen
Adam Elkus directed my attention today on Twitter...
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April 18th, 2012 by zen
Thomas Ricks of CNAS recently had a...
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