July 29th, 2012 by zen
Some astute observations on COIN practice from...
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July 24th, 2012 by zen
The latest in the series of COIN interviews by...
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July 23rd, 2012 by zen
“The horror! The horror! Charles Cameron...
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July 3rd, 2012 by zen
I first heard Lieutenant General Paul Van Riper...
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June 8th, 2012 by zen
The Snake Eaters by Owen West Owen West,...
Read morePosted in 21st century, 4GW, al qaida, America, arab world, army, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, Foreign Internal Defense, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, reading, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 2 comments