Archive for the 'social science'

• Guest Post: John R Hall: “Norway’s cultural Christian apocalyptic crusader?”

July 25th, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in al qaida, Apocalyptic, Charles Cameron, christianity, conservativism, culture, david ronfeldt, extremists, politics, propaganda, psychology, Religion, scenario, social science, society, synthesis, Uncategorized | 24 comments

• Carl Prine’s Rebuttal to “Be honest: Who actually read FM 3-24?”

July 13th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomatic history, framing, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, leadership, military, military history, military reform, national security, organizations, Perception, politics, social science, society, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, USMC, veterans, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 4 comments

• Mini-Reviews: Liddell-Hart and Keeley

June 25th, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, authors, book, social science, society, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, tribes, war, warriors, wwii | 9 comments

• Sacred Things

June 23rd, 2011 by Charles Cameron

Posted in art, art history, Charles Cameron, cognition, creativity, culture, Evolution, framing, horizontal thinking, insight, movies, music, Patterns, Perception, psychology, social science, synthesis, Uncategorized | 2 comments

• Few at SWJ on “Less is Often More?”

June 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, DIME, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, military, organizations, Patterns, Questions, risk, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, swj blog, Tactics, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments