Archive for the '4GW'

• Book Review: The Profession by Steven Pressfield

July 25th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 2011, 21st century, 4GW, authors, book, creativity, dystopia, empire, fiction, fun, futurism, geopolitics, history, ideas, intellectuals, mideast, military, military contractor, myth, non-state actors, Patterns, philosophy, politics, reading, roman empire, scenario, shlok, society, state failure, strategy, Tactics, tribes, USMC, war, warriors, Writing | 7 comments

• 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

• Diesel Boats Forever! or ever?

July 14th, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, china, europe, J. Scott Shipman, military reform, modularity, navy, nuclear, pacific empire, rambling, strategy, Uncategorized | 15 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