Archive for the 'cold war'

• The Myth of British Counterinsurgency?

October 30th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, analytic, army, britain, COIN, cold war, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, myth, Perception, reform, SSI, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, war | 3 comments

• A Multi-Disciplinary Approach?: Coerr’s The Eagle and the Bear Outline

October 20th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, COIN, cold war, Communism, consilience, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomatic history, empire, extremists, feedback, foreign policy, Geography, geopolitics, government, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, reader response, russia, security, social science, soviet union, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, terrain, terrorism, theory, totalitarianism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 19 comments

• Corn’s Caliphates in Wonderland

March 26th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analogy, analytic, anthropology, arab world, authors, COIN, cold war, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, diplomatic history, extremists, Failed State, geopolitics, government, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, national security, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, public diplomacy, rambling, Religion, small wars journal, social networks, social science, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, turkey, virtual states, war | 12 comments

• Ronald Reagan Roundtable: “full of jovial doom” by Charles Cameron

February 11th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 20th century, arms control, Charles Cameron, chicago boyz, christianity, cold war, Communism, defense, diplomatic history, foreign policy, geopolitics, history, lexington green, national security, nuclear, Reagan Roundtable, Religion, ronald reagan, soviet union, strategist, Theology | Comments Off on Ronald Reagan Roundtable: “full of jovial doom” by Charles Cameron

• NSDD-32 as Ronald Reagan’s Grand Strategy

February 9th, 2011 by zen

Posted in America, analytic, cold war, DIME, diplomatic history, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, IC, intelligence, national security, politics, russia, security, soviet union, strategy, Tactics | Comments Off on NSDD-32 as Ronald Reagan’s Grand Strategy