Archive for the 'counterinsurgency'
May 28th, 2010 by zen
This looks highly informative. Hat tip to Wings...
Read morePosted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, non-state actors, social networks, social science, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on A Pretty Big COIN
May 24th, 2010 by zen
WAR by Sebastian Junger Received a courtesy...
Read morePosted in Afghanistan, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, Failed State, gap, Geography, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, non-state actors, pakistan, Perception, reading, tribes, vanity fair, war | 6 comments
May 19th, 2010 by zen
Posts have been slow here lately because my...
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May 16th, 2010 by zen
Adam Elkus has an excellent piece that looks at...
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May 13th, 2010 by zen
Steven Pressfield, author, historian and...
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