Archive for the 'academia'

• More Books!

November 26th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, authors, biography, book, Character, Clausewitzian, Communism, dictator, dystopia, Epistemology, europe, extremists, genocide, geopolitics, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, nazis, politics, social science, soviet union, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, totalitarianism, USMC, Vietnam War, war, warriors, wwii | 24 comments

• More on Galula

November 24th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, theory, war | Comments Off on More on Galula

• Book Review: Magic and Mayhem by Derek Leebaert

November 22nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, America, analytic, arms control, authors, book, cold war, DIME, diplomatic history, Epistemology, fisking, foreign policy, government, historians, ideas, intellectuals, national security, nuclear, Perception, politics, psychology, security, social science, society, strategy, synthesis, theory | 8 comments

• Metaphors as Catalyst and Scaffold

November 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, analogy, analytic, brain, cognition, creativity, hagel, horizontal thinking, ideas, insight, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, psychology | 12 comments

• Games of War and Peace V: Space Invaders

November 18th, 2010 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 4GW, academia, al qaida, analytic, Charles Cameron, games, ideas, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, war | 5 comments