Archive for the 'intellectuals'

• Book Review: Paul Cartledge’s Alexander the Great

April 19th, 2009 by zen

Posted in ancient history, authors, biography, book, culture, historians, historiography, history, intellectuals, military history, war | 6 comments

• Government 2.0 and National Security

April 18th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, connectivity, culture, defense, ideas, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, radical transparency, reform, security, tech, theory, web 2.0 | Comments Off on Government 2.0 and National Security

• Excess Complexity is the Route to Extinction

April 10th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, authors, barack obama, black swans, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, economics, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, markets, network theory, obama, physics, politics, reform, resilience, science, society, theory | 22 comments

• Book Review: The Mind of War

April 5th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, Air Force, biography, book, boyd 2007, defense, ideas, intellectuals, john boyd, metacognition, military, strategy, Strategy and War, synthesis, theory, war, warriors | 4 comments

• Now John Robb is in the House!

April 2nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, analytic, black globalization, brave new war, defense, dystopia, Failed State, futurism, global guerillas, ideas, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, non-state actors, open-source, resilience, state failure, strategy, terrorism, theory, war, warriors | 5 comments