Archive for the 'war'

• D-DAY, June 6, 1944

June 6th, 2013 by zen

Posted in America, europe, france, military, military history, war, warriors, wwii | 4 comments

• New Book: The Guns at Last Light

June 2nd, 2013 by zen

Posted in authors, book, historians, history, military history, war, wwii | 2 comments

• Love, Death, and Jihad by Pen and Sword

May 29th, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Afghanistan, Charles Cameron, CIA, cognition, creativity, Doublequotes, graphical thinking, insight, Islam, islamist, music, myth, psychology, Specs, Uncategorized, war | Comments Off on Love, Death, and Jihad by Pen and Sword

• Is 4GW Dead?: Point-Counterpoint and Commentary

May 28th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, analytic, brave new war, chet richards, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, criminals, dni, dystopia, fabius maximus, Failed State, geopolitics, government, hammes, history, Hybrid War, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, john boyd, john robb, legitimacy, military, military history, narcoterror, national security, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 28 comments

• Are Insurgencies “Antifragile”?

May 16th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, Afghanistan, africa, analytic, antifragile, COIN, complex systems, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, law enforcement, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, society, state failure, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, theory, war | 19 comments