Archive for the 'Character'

• New Book: The Emily Updates

August 10th, 2011 by zen

Posted in authors, barnett, book, Character, reading | Comments Off on New Book: The Emily Updates

• Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates

July 1st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, Character, defense, government, leadership, military, politics | 5 comments

• Martyrdom, messianism and Julian Assange

December 23rd, 2010 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 21st century, ahmadinejad, analogy, analytic, ancient history, anthropology, biography, black swans, Character, Charles Cameron, christianity, culture, diplomacy, extremists, framing, free speech, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iran, iraq, media, myth, national security, non-state actors, psychology, radical transparency, Religion, revolution, search engine, Theology | 8 comments

• More Books!

November 26th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, authors, biography, book, Character, Clausewitzian, Communism, dictator, dystopia, Epistemology, europe, extremists, genocide, geopolitics, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, nazis, politics, social science, soviet union, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, totalitarianism, USMC, Vietnam War, war, warriors, wwii | 24 comments

• Guest Post: Shipman on Boyd and Beyond, 2010

October 21st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, 5GW, book, Boyd 2010, business, Character, cognition, COIN, complex systems, complexity, counterinsurgency, ideas, insight, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, john boyd, metacognition, military, military history, military reform, national security, Perception, psychology, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, Tactics, theory, uncertainty | 9 comments