Archive for the 'military history'

• Barlow on COIN and Failure

July 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in analytic, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, Failed State, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, legitimacy, military, military contractor, military history, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, reform, security, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• Warlords Revisited

July 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, book, criminals, culture, dystopia, Failed State, fiction, history, military, military history, myth, reading, society, state failure, steven pressfield, story, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 6 comments

• The Twilight War—a review

July 23rd, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, academia, ahmadinejad, al qaida, America, Apocalyptic, Arab Spring, barack obama, diplomacy, diplomatic history, elections, Failed State, foreign policy, Hamas, hezbollah, history, international law, iran, iraq, J. Scott Shipman, military, military history, military intelligence, national security, natiuon-building, navy, politics, propaganda, recommended reading, security, state building, state department, state terrorism, Tactics, terrorism, Uncategorized, war | 6 comments

• SWJ: Casebooks on Insurgency

July 10th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, DIME, history, ideas, military, military history, national security, small wars journal, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, theory, war | 3 comments

• Book Review: Thucydides:The Reinvention of History by Donald Kagan

July 5th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, ancient history, authors, bias, book, counterintuitive, culture, democracy, empire, greece, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, literature, military history, reading, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Uncategorized, war | 6 comments