Archive for the 'military'

• In Praise of Don Vandergriff for the “Next Yoda” at ONA

January 17th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 2015, America, defense, expertise, fabius maximus, intellectuals, James Fallows, military, military professionalism, military reform, military training & education, national security, strategist, strategy, vandergriff | 4 comments

• New Article at Pragati: Diplomatic Warfare?

January 13th, 2015 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, authors, book, COIN, insurgency, military, military history, military professionalism, Pragati, war, warriors | 3 comments

• ISIS and the Crisis in American Statecraft

December 30th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, extremists, Failed State, fisking, foreign policy, geopolitics, history, insurgency, iraq, IS, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, Mahdist, military, national security, non-state actors, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, sunni, syria, Tactics, threat, USMC, war, warriors | 13 comments

• The Perils of Surprise

December 8th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 20th century, military, military history, Perception, rambling, stratagems, strategy, sunday surprise, Tactics, theory, war | 6 comments

• WarCouncil’s “Zero to Clausewitz”

November 24th, 2014 by zen

Posted in ideas, military, military training & education, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, WarCouncil | 5 comments