Archive for the 'COIN'

• More Books Arrived….

July 19th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, academia, arab world, authors, book, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, The Project, theory, war | 18 comments

• Now Reading….

July 15th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, fiction, futurism, gangs, ideas, insurgency, islamist, Latin America, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, reading, scenario, security, society, state failure, Tactics, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, veterans, war, warriors | 4 comments

• Hitting all the Right Notes

July 14th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, analytic, COIN, counterintuitive, IC, illegal combatants, insurgency, IO, military, military reform, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, strategy, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | Comments Off on Hitting all the Right Notes

• Carl Prine’s Rebuttal to “Be honest: Who actually read FM 3-24?”

July 13th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomatic history, framing, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, leadership, military, military history, military reform, national security, organizations, Perception, politics, social science, society, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, USMC, veterans, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 4 comments

• Possible Shifts in AfPak

July 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, diplomacy, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, India, insurgency, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, mob, pakistan, Patterns, politics, scenario, soviet union, state failure, terrorism, tribes, war | 13 comments