September 11th, 2010 by zen
The Illiad by Homer Sean Meade, in addition to...
Read morePosted in academia, analytic, ancient history, book, Character, culture, emotion, fiction, ideas, intellectuals, interact, meade, myth, sean meade, war, warriors | 15 comments
September 8th, 2010 by zen
The Cartels are following in the footsteps of...
Read morePosted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, black globalization, dystopia, Failed State, global guerillas, insurgency, john robb, Latin America, Mexico, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, state failure, Tactics, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, war | 5 comments
September 8th, 2010 by zen
Summer Series 2010: Reviewing the Books! has...
Read morePosted in Afghanistan, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, insurgency, islam.insurgency, military, military history, reading, Summer Series, war, warriors | Comments Off on Summer Series 2010: WAR by Sebastian Junger
August 21st, 2010 by zen
Adam Elkus had two brief but thoughtful posts on...
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August 7th, 2010 by zen
“Genius is above all rules” –...
Read morePosted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, anthropology, cognition, creativity, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, education, Epistemology, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, military, military reform, psychology, small wars journal, social science, SSI, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, synthesis, teaching, theory, vertical thinking, war | 10 comments