Archive for the 'COIN'

• A Culture of Punitive Raiding

July 9th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, A.E., Air Force, America, analytic, army, CIA, COIN, counterinsurgency, culture, defense, democracy, DIME, economic determinism, economics, federal budget, foreign policy, government, IC, ideas, innovation, military, military reform, national security, navy, organizations, Patterns, politics, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, swj blog, Tactics, theory, USMC, war, warriors | 2 comments

• The Tip of a Shadowy Spear

July 6th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, COIN, Collaboration, counterinsurgency, defense, foreign policy, government, IC, ideas, insurgency, intelligence, leadership, military, military intelligence, military reform, national security, organizations, politics, security, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | 14 comments

• Wilf Owen on Killing Your Way to Control

July 5th, 2011 by zen

Posted in Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, ideas, Infinity Journal, insurgency, intellectuals, military, small wars journal, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, swj blog, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 52 comments

• Martin van Creveld on The Lebanon War

June 27th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Air Force, analytic, arab world, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, historians, history, ideas, Infinity Journal, intellectuals, islamic world, Israel, mideast, military, military history, politics, primary loyalties, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 9 comments

• Few at SWJ on “Less is Often More?”

June 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, DIME, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, military, organizations, Patterns, Questions, risk, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, swj blog, Tactics, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments