Archive for the 'COIN'

• Expanding the Antilibrary

May 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, academia, authors, book, cognition, COIN, cold war, complex systems, complexity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, creativity, economics, education, empire, Evolution, historians, history, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, military history, public school, readers, reading, reform, scenario, social science, teaching, terrorism, theory, war | 10 comments

• Elkus on “The Strategic Raid”

May 16th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, A.E., academia, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, government, insurgency, intellectuals, military, national security, politics, social science, strategy, theory, war | 2 comments

• A New Bloghome

May 13th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, authors, blogging, Blogroll, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, foreign policy, military, military history, non-state actors, social networks, social science, steven pressfield, tribes, war, warriors, Writing | 2 comments

• Building the Antilibrary

May 9th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, authors, book, CIA, COIN, counterinsurgency, government, history, IC, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, military, military history, national security, organizations, reading, state building, theory, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 1 comment

• Kilcullen on COIN “Persistent-Presence” vs. “Repetitive Raiding”

May 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, anthropology, authors, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, Failed State, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, social science, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 10 comments