December 24th, 2009 by zen
Those of you who also regularly read Steven...
Read morePosted in Afghanistan, al qaida, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, insurgency, Interview, islamic world, leadership, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, security, social networks, steven pressfield, suicide bombing, tribes, war, warriors | 9 comments
December 22nd, 2009 by zen
The Human Face of War by Dr. Jim Storr An...
Read morePosted in academia, army, authors, book, cognition, defense, government, historians, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, metacognition, military, military history, organizations, philosophy, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments
December 12th, 2009 by zen
In a burst of raw self-interest – and also...
Read morePosted in 3 gen gangs, 4GW, authors, barnett, book, brave new war, capitalism, cognition, Cyberwar, defense, foreign policy, futurism, gangs, gap, geopolitics, global guerillas, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, PNM, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, recommended reading, robb, sociobiology, soft power, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, Threats in the Age of Obama, war, warriors | 6 comments
December 4th, 2009 by zen
Steve Schippert, my national security amigo from...
Read morePosted in 4GW, Afghanistan, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, military, networks, non-state actors, obama, periodicals, primary loyalties, social networks, strategy, Strategy and War, threatswatch, tribes, war, warriors | 3 comments
November 12th, 2009 by zen
Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last American...
Read morePosted in 20th century, America, war, warriors, wwi, wwii | 5 comments