Archive for the 'intellectuals'

• William Lind on the Taliban’s Operational Art

June 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 4GW, Afghanistan, analytic, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, insurgency, intellectuals, ISAF, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, Patterns, security, state building, state failure, strategy, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments

• The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

June 22nd, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, bias, CIA, cognition, IC, insight, intellectuals, intelligence | 2 comments

• Fabius Maximus on Sumida on Clausewitz

June 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in book, Clausewitzian, fabius maximus, ideas, intellectuals, military, reading, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war | 3 comments

• Book Review: The Snake Eaters by Owen West

June 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, al qaida, America, arab world, army, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, Foreign Internal Defense, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, reading, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 2 comments

• All the President’s NSCs

May 28th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, blog-friends, blogosphere, defense, foreign policy, government, history, IC, ideas, intellectuals, military, national security, nixon, organizations, politics, state building, theory | 1 comment