Archive for the 'intellectuals'

• Chet on TEMPO….Rao on OODA

July 26th, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, attention, authors, book, brain, chet richards, cognition, Epistemology, fabius maximus, feedback, ideas, intellectuals, john boyd, metacognition, Patterns, Perception, psychology, science, social science, strategist, strategy, synthesis, Tactics, theory, uncertainty | 5 comments

• Book Review: The Profession by Steven Pressfield

July 25th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 2011, 21st century, 4GW, authors, book, creativity, dystopia, empire, fiction, fun, futurism, geopolitics, history, ideas, intellectuals, mideast, military, military contractor, myth, non-state actors, Patterns, philosophy, politics, reading, roman empire, scenario, shlok, society, state failure, strategy, Tactics, tribes, USMC, war, warriors, Writing | 7 comments

• More Books Arrived….

July 19th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, academia, arab world, authors, book, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, DIME, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, The Project, theory, war | 18 comments

• Carl Prine’s Rebuttal to “Be honest: Who actually read FM 3-24?”

July 13th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomatic history, framing, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, leadership, military, military history, military reform, national security, organizations, Perception, politics, social science, society, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, USMC, veterans, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 4 comments

• Wilf Owen on Killing Your Way to Control

July 5th, 2011 by zen

Posted in Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, ideas, Infinity Journal, insurgency, intellectuals, military, small wars journal, strategy, Strategy and War, strategy swj, swj blog, Tactics, terrorism, theory, tribes, war | 52 comments