Archive for the 'historians'

• Bacevich – How Do we Know When War is Over?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, arab world, army, Clausewitzian, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, mideast, military, military history, national security, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• Hammes – Who Participates in War?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, COIN, complexity, counterinsurgency, government, hammes, historians, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, primary loyalties, security, social networks, society, soft power, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Hammes – Who Participates in War?

• The Need for Old Hands: Mackinlay on Old COIN

March 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, America, analytic, anglo-saxons, anthropology, arab world, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, education, empire, foreign language, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, IC, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, linguistics, mideast, military, military reform, national security, politics, public diplomacy, reading, Religion, social science, society, soft power, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 15 comments

• Get Out Your Godwin’s Law-O-Meter

February 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 20th century, academia, America, conservativism, democracy, democratic party, fisking, framing, free speech, fun, government, historians, history, hitler, HNN, ideas, intellectuals, Liberalism, myth, neoconservatism, philosophy, politics, propaganda, republican party, social science, society, theory, totalitarianism | 9 comments

• Book Review: The Forty Years War

February 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, authors, book, cold war, conservativism, defense, democracy, diplomacy, diplomatic history, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, ikle, intellectuals, military, national security, neoconservatism, nixon, politics, republican party, schlesinger, society, strategy, war | 3 comments