Archive for the 'ideas'

• 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

• On the Limits of Human Intelligence

July 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, brain, cognition, Evolution, ideas, intelligence, Musings, nature, Questions, science | 3 comments

• SWJ: Casebooks on Insurgency

July 10th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, DIME, history, ideas, military, military history, national security, small wars journal, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, theory, war | 3 comments

• Book Review: Thucydides:The Reinvention of History by Donald Kagan

July 5th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, ancient history, authors, bias, book, counterintuitive, culture, democracy, empire, greece, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, literature, military history, reading, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Uncategorized, war | 6 comments

• “We Hold these Truths to be Self-Evident….”

July 4th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 18th century, America, democracy, egalitarianism, freedom, government, history, Human Rights, ideas, liberty, politics, Republic, revolution, symbolism | 1 comment