Archive for the 'warriors'

• Pondering Transition Ops with Quesopaper

April 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, defense, DIME, feedback, Foreign Internal Defense, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, military, military reform, national security, organizations, public diplomacy, security, social science, society, state building, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 6 comments

• New Book: THE SNAKE EATERS by Owen West

April 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, Foreign Internal Defense, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, leadership, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, Transition Ops, Uncategorized, war, warriors | 1 comment

• Strategy and Perception, Part II.

March 26th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomacy, foreign policy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, military, national security, Perception, politics, psychology, series, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, Uncategorized, uncertainty, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 8 comments

• “Our enemy is adaptable, we must be, too.” Adaptability & Simplicity, Random Thoughts

March 17th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, Adaptability, Afghanistan, America, J. Scott Shipman, philosophy, strategy, Strategy and War, Uncategorized, warriors | 3 comments

• Supporting Our Troops by Treating them as Children and Drunkards

March 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Character, Creepy-state, democratic party, Failed State, fisking, government, military, navy, obama, Oligarchy, politics, state failure, warriors | 10 comments