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Monday, July 3rd, 2006

THEORY VS. PRACTICE

The Small Wars Council is one of my favorite discussion boards to peruse and read. Generally, as the board is primarily intended for former and current military personnel, I don’t comment there as frequently as I have in the past on history sites like HNN and H-Diplo but I add my two cents now and again.

One of those exceptions is a thread I began called “Theory vs. Practice“. The feedback and comments so far have been stellar as experienced veterans (including Sonny) discuss the impact, or lack thereof, of strategic theories on the reality of making war.

Hat tip to the esteemed Younghusband and the irascible J. Smith, a frequent commenter at Federalist X’s excellent blog Amendment Nine – both of whom inspired me to start the thread.

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

CONNECTIVITY AND COMPLEXITY

I have a short but meaty post up at Discover the Rules entitled “The Complexity of Connectivity“. I’d have liked to have somehow recreated and posted some of the key diagrams in the Bar-Yam PDF but I lack the showy graphics skills of Critt or Dan (plus, I’m not sure if they are subject to copyright or if blogging the image at DTR constitutes “fair use” or not. “My kingdom for an intellectual property attorney…and…and… better computer skills !”).


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