Archive for the 'national security'

• Book

November 20th, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, cognition, geopolitics, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, metacognition, national security, reading, strategy | 2 comments

• 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

• Hoover on Charles Hill and Hill on Grand Strategy

November 8th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, ancient history, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, Epistemology, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, literature, myth, national security, politics, reading, revolution, society, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, teaching, theory | 5 comments

• A Multi-Disciplinary Approach?: Coerr’s The Eagle and the Bear Outline

October 20th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, COIN, cold war, Communism, consilience, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomatic history, empire, extremists, feedback, foreign policy, Geography, geopolitics, government, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, pakistan, politics, primary loyalties, reader response, russia, security, social science, soviet union, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, Tactics, terrain, terrorism, theory, totalitarianism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, USMC, war, warriors | 19 comments

• Debating a Failure of Generalship and Leadership

October 18th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, army, authors, Character, counterinsurgency, culture, debate, dystopia, gian gentile, leadership, legitimacy, military, national security, politics, reform, small wars journal, society, strategy, Tactics, Vietnam War, Viral, war | 7 comments