Archive for the 'academia'

• Turning Away From Strategy

August 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Air Force, America, analytic, army, cognition, defense, education, Epistemology, Failed State, government, history, ideas, military, military reform, national security, navy, organizations, Patterns, politics, security, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, teaching, USMC, war | 34 comments

• State Failure is the Child of Oligarchy

August 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, culture, dystopia, economic determinism, economics, Evolution, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, Oligarchy, philosophy, politics, social science, society, state failure, theory | 1 comment

• The Twilight War—a review

July 23rd, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, academia, ahmadinejad, al qaida, America, Apocalyptic, Arab Spring, barack obama, diplomacy, diplomatic history, elections, Failed State, foreign policy, Hamas, hezbollah, history, international law, iran, iraq, J. Scott Shipman, military, military history, military intelligence, national security, natiuon-building, navy, politics, propaganda, recommended reading, security, state building, state department, state terrorism, Tactics, terrorism, Uncategorized, war | 6 comments

• Book Review: Thucydides:The Reinvention of History by Donald Kagan

July 5th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, ancient history, authors, bias, book, counterintuitive, culture, democracy, empire, greece, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, literature, military history, reading, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Uncategorized, war | 6 comments

• Gray on Strategic Theory and COIN

June 27th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, Clausewitzian, COIN, military, military history, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war | 3 comments