Archive for the 'history'

• Silent reading, silent thinking, bifocal glasses

July 26th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, christianity, counterpoint, creativity, history, logic, mathematics, rethinking thinking, Specs, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Silent reading, silent thinking, bifocal glasses

• 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

• Venkat on Positioning vs. Melee Moves

July 19th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Adaptability, analytic, Epistemology, history, ideas, intellectuals, metacognition, military, Perception, strategy, Tactics, Vietnam War, war | 4 comments

• Numbers by the numbers: four

July 18th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in art, blogosphere, cognition, culture, foreign language, foreign policy, games, history, literature, logic, metacognition, poetry, science, strategist, strategy, translation, twitter, Uncategorized, war | 1 comment