Archive for the 'counterinsurgency'

• The Strategic Dilemma of Bitter-Enders

April 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 20th century, analytic, ancient history, china, classics, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, deterrence, dystopia, extremists, geopolitics, historians, historiography, history, hitler, Ho Chi Minh, ideas, insurgency, japan, leadership, logic, military, military history, nazis, Patterns, peace, psychology, risk, society, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, Vietnam War, war | 7 comments

• Strategy and Perception, Part II.

March 26th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomacy, foreign policy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, military, national security, Perception, politics, psychology, series, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, Uncategorized, uncertainty, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 8 comments

• Perception and Strategy Part I.

March 20th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, analytic, blogosphere, chet richards, counterinsurgency, DIME, diplomacy, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, ideas, intellectuals, IO, iraq, islamic world, john boyd, military, national security, Perception, politics, public diplomacy, soft power, state building, strategist, strategy, theory, war | 5 comments

• A Wound That Does Not Cease to Bleed: The War in Vietnam

February 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, authors, book, COIN, cold war, Communism, counterinsurgency, debate, gian gentile, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, military, military history, Perception, politics, reading, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, veterans, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 3 comments

• 4GW and Legitimacy at SWJ

February 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 4GW, academia, analytic, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, defense, fisking, ideas, intellectuals, legitimacy, Liberalism, military, military reform, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, public diplomacy, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors, william lind | 11 comments