Recommended Reading

This is Hell Week for me, and as I may not be able to post at all for the next few days due to a heavy schedule,  I decided to “go long” on this particular edition of recommended reading. Also feel free to sound off in the comments on any topic you like as I’ll check those even if I can’t post at length:

Top billing! Kings of War -“Who’s winning the war of ideas?”

Thoughtful post, one that addresses the dynamic of takfirism blowback without drinking the kool-ade on “civil wars” within al Qaida ( it’s a civil war when they start wacking each other in Waziristan coffee shops and Paktia caves)

William Lind – “On War # 260: Ancient History”

Lind reviews Military Reform: A Reference Handbook by Winslow Wheeler and Lawrence Korb on the rise and decline of the military reform movement.  A book for anyone interested in defense issues, “insider” tales of Congressional deal making, Pentagon politics and the later careeer of John Boyd, who like Wheeler, Lind and Korb, was part of the movement.

John Hagel -“Innovation on the Edge”

Reintroduction to Hagel’s premises about “edge” advantages. Hagel posts seldom but is always in the “must-read” category for me.

Information Dissemination -“Weekend Observations”

Galrahn’s recommended reading on oceanic matters ( ahem…”Naval gazing”)

MountainRunner-“Censoring the United States, Preventing Domestic Discourse” and “Propaganda Is Now Officially Hip (Updated)”

I hereby nominate Matt Armstrong for Public Diplomacy/IO Czar in the next administration. He is the go-to guy on the intersection of IO, public policy, politics and law.

Cognitive Daily -“History Week: Gestalt-o-mania!”

Dave “The Hand of Munger” Munger has some great visuals to go with his explanation of Gestalt theory

Bing West at SWJ Blog -“War and Indecision”

Bing West pens the first positive review of the Feith memoir that I’ve seen

Science News -“Less is more:A tight grip can be counterproductive”

This may well explain North Korea

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