Archive for the 'warriors'

• There Will Be Blood…..

January 19th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 2012, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, army, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, education, foreign policy, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, leadership, military, military history, national security, politics, strategist, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, war, warriors | 11 comments

• Justice, Coercion, Legitimacy, State-Building and Afghanistan

January 17th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, economics, Failed State, government, history, ideas, islamic world, legal, legitimacy, Liberalism, military, security, social science, society, state building, state failure, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments

• COIN may be Dead but 4GW has a New Lease on Life

December 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, analytic, barnett, black globalization, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, dystopia, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, gian gentile, government, ideas, insurgency, international law, john robb, military, military reform, national debt, national security, non-state actors, politics, R2P, reform, risk, security, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 29 comments

• Gentile: COIN is Dead, Long Live Strategy!

November 22nd, 2011 by zen

Posted in COIN, counterinsurgency, gian gentile, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, Tactics, theory, war, warriors | 1 comment

• The Human Face of War, a second review

November 16th, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 21st century, army, Clausewitzian, complex systems, J. Scott Shipman, john boyd, leadership, military, military reform, national security, recommended reading, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, Uncategorized, uncertainty, war, warriors, Zen | 9 comments