Archive for the 'historians'

• “No one is really listening, they are just pretending.” – Madhu

May 2nd, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 21st century, academia, Adaptability, Alfred Thayer Mahan, analogy, analytic, army, art, attention, Clausewitzian, cognition, Collaboration, creativity, cultural intelligence, defense, deterrence, dialog, exercise, hierarchy, historians, horizontal thinking, innovation, intelligence, interact, J. Scott Shipman, john boyd, military, military reform, national security, navy, powerpoint, rambling, recommended reading, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, teaching, uncertainty, vertical thinking, Writing | 11 comments

• History Will Judge Only if We Ask the Right Questions

April 18th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, diplomatic history, Epistemology, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, media, military, military history, military intelligence, national security, non-state actors, Perception, politics, Questions, security, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 8 comments

• 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

• The End and Ends

March 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, deterrence, dictator, diplomacy, diplomatic history, dystopia, europe, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, iran, logic, mideast, military, military history, national security, nazis, nuclear, risk, scenario, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, totalitarianism, 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