Archive for the '3 gen gangs'

• Octavian Manea interviews T.X. Hammes

September 7th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, America, army, historians, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, small wars journal, state failure, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog | Comments Off on Octavian Manea interviews T.X. Hammes

• Moral Degeneration in the Crucible of War

June 12th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, africa, analytic, culture, Evolution, extremists, Failed State, gangs, government, history, hitler, Holocaust, ideas, insurgency, john boyd, Mexico, military, Militia, Morality, narcoterror, nazis, non-state actors, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, radicalization, society, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, torture, tragedy, tribes, uganda, war, warriors | 19 comments

• Is 4GW Dead?: Point-Counterpoint and Commentary

May 28th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, analytic, brave new war, chet richards, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, criminals, dni, dystopia, fabius maximus, Failed State, geopolitics, government, hammes, history, Hybrid War, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, john boyd, john robb, legitimacy, military, military history, narcoterror, national security, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 28 comments

• Are Insurgencies “Antifragile”?

May 16th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, Afghanistan, africa, analytic, antifragile, COIN, complex systems, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, law enforcement, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, society, state failure, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, theory, war | 19 comments

• The Controversial CTC Report

January 25th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, al qaida, America, analytic, army, bias, conservativism, conspiracy, counterpoint, counterterrorism, criminals, critical thinking, cultural intelligence, defense, democracy, Epistemology, extremists, fisking, gangs, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, law enforcement, Liberalism, liberty, military, narcoterror, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, OSINT, Perception, politics, protest, radicalization, reading, risk, scenario, security, social networks, social science, society, terrorism, theory, think tanks, threat, transnational criminal organization | 15 comments