Archive for the 'authors'

• A Plethora of New(ish) Books I.

August 29th, 2016 by zen

Posted in authors, book, readers, reading | 12 comments

• Recommended Reading—Summer 2016

July 11th, 2016 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, abstraction, academia, analogy, anglosphere, art, authors, book, cognition, complexity, consilience, creativity, critical thinking, Design, diplomacy, emergence, europe, foreign policy, history, ideas, illegal combatants, imagination, innovation, intellectuals, intelligence, interdisciplinary, J. Scott Shipman, john boyd, language, linguistics, literature, magic, memory, metaphor, military professionalism, Patterns, Perception, philosophy, poetry, recommended reading, russia, strategy, synthesis, uncertainty, visualization, weapons of mass destruction, wwii | 8 comments

• Announcing ! BLOOD SACRIFICES

May 25th, 2016 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, amazon, analytic, anthropology, Apocalyptic, authors, blasphemy, blog-friends, book, ceremonial, Charles Cameron, counterterrorism, criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, death, dystopia, extremists, gangs, historians, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, interdisciplinary, law enforcement, magic, management of barbarism / savagery, myth, narcoterror, networks, non-state actors, occult, organizations, primary loyalties, psychology, radicalization, Religion, robert j. bunker, sacred, sacrifice, sane / insane, secret, sectarian, social networks, society, state failure, symbolism, terrorism, Theology, theory, torture, transnational criminal organization, tribes, tyrrell, war, warriors | Comments Off on Announcing ! BLOOD SACRIFICES

• Review: The Rule of the Clan

April 20th, 2016 by zen

Posted in 15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, al qaida, analytic, ancient history, anthropology, authors, black globalization, blowback, book, comparative, connectivity, contemplative, cultural intelligence, culture, Evolution, Failed State, foreign policy, government, historiography, history, Human Rights, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, interdisciplinary, international law, lawyers, legal, legitimacy, Liberalism, liberty, national security, networks, non-state actors, paradox, Patterns, philosophy, politics, primary loyalties, Questions, rule-sets, security, social networks, social science, society, state failure, theory, tribes, Uncategorized | 3 comments

• New Book- The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House

March 25th, 2016 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, Afghanistan, America, arab world, authors, book, bush, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, cultural intelligence, democracy, DIME, diplomacy, diplomatic history, Failed State, geopolitics, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, national security, politics, public diplomacy, reading, Strategy and War, suicide bombing, Taliban, terrorism, tribes, war | Comments Off on New Book- The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House