Archive for the 'warriors'

• Strategy, Power and Diffusion

November 19th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, America, analytic, asymmetric, china, complex systems, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, DIME, economics, history, ideas, insurgency, logic, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, physics, politics, russia, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, van creveld, war, warriors, william lind, wwii | 22 comments

• The Battle of Algiers / Black Friday koan

November 17th, 2012 by Charles Cameron

Posted in arab world, Buddhism, Charles Cameron, counterterrorism, India, koan, movies, myth, pacifism, peace, Perception, poetry of war, scriptures, Specs, terrorism, torture, Uncategorized, war, warriors, Zen | 5 comments

• Book Review: Lords of the Sea by John R. Hale

November 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, Archaeology, authors, book, democracy, empire, greece, historians, history, military, military history, navy, Oligarchy, politics, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized, war, warriors | 2 comments

• A Light at the End of the Tunnell

October 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, leadership, military, military professionalism, military training & education, Tactics, Taliban, war, warriors | 12 comments

• Twenty-Nine Articles

September 18th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Adaptability, Afghanistan, COIN, Collaboration, cooperation, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, cultural intelligence, culture, dilegge, DIME, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military contractor, military intelligence, military professionalism, military reform, national security, non-state actors, organizations, Perception, primary loyalties, state building, Tactics, teaching, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments