Archive for the 'military reform'

• How to Lose a War: A Primer

July 28th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 21st century, Afghanistan, Air Force, al qaida, America, analytic, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, dystopia, Failed State, fisking, government, humor, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, military, military contractor, military history, military intelligence, military reform, military training & education, politics, rambling, satire, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, terrorism, theory, veterans, war, warriors | 49 comments

• “Optimizing the Potential of Special Forces”

July 14th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, army, COIN, Communism, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, cultural intelligence, defense, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, geopolitics, Hybrid War, ideas, illegal combatants, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, military, military professionalism, military reform, non-state actors, organizations, pakistan, security, state terrorism, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | 18 comments

• Two Readings, and If You Read It, Why Not Review It?

May 23rd, 2013 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, America, asymmetric, book, defense, deterrence, Falklands War, J. Scott Shipman, military history, military professionalism, military reform, navy, Network-centric Warfare, recommended reading, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized, warriors | 18 comments

• New Book: America 3.0 is Now Launched!

May 21st, 2013 by zen

Posted in 2013, 21st century, America, analytic, anglosphere, anthropology, authors, barone, blog-friends, blogosphere, book, britain, business, capitalism, change, chicago boyz, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, democracy, economics, education, Evolution, fiscal conservatism, foreign policy, futurism, globalization, government, historiography, history, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, justice, leadership, legitimacy, lexington green, military, military reform, national debt, national security, politics, reading, reform, Republic, resilience, rule-sets, science, security, social science, social services, society, strategy, synthesis, theory, Writing | 9 comments

• Boyd and Beyond Local DC Event

December 18th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 2012, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Boyd 2012, Clausewitzian, diplomatic history, education, Epistemology, Fred Leland, J. Scott Shipman, john boyd, law enforcement, maneuver warfare, metacognition, military history, military professionalism, military reform, military training & education, national security, navy, readers, recommended reading, small wars journal, social science, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Uncategorized, warriors | 8 comments