Archive for the 'military reform'

• Echevarria – War in the Post-Clausewitz Era?

April 29th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, academia, analytic, Clausewitzian, culture, government, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, strategy, theory, war | 4 comments

• More Mackinlay – On Why the USG Doesn’t “Get” AQ as a “Global Insurgency”

April 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, book, britain, COIN, connectivity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, defense, DIME, Epistemology, extremists, foreign policy, government, hierarchy, history, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, security, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, virtual states, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 9 comments

• The Need for Old Hands: Mackinlay on Old COIN

March 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, America, analytic, anglo-saxons, anthropology, arab world, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, diplomacy, education, empire, foreign language, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, IC, ideas, India, insurgency, intellectuals, islamic world, linguistics, mideast, military, military reform, national security, politics, public diplomacy, reading, Religion, social science, society, soft power, state department, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 15 comments

• The US Army goes Crossfit and America’s Changing Social Mores

March 17th, 2010 by zen

Posted in America, army, culture, dilegge, education, exercise, fun, humor, military, military reform, personal, public school, rambling, society, warriors | 25 comments

• Review: Senator’s Son by Larson

March 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, America, arab world, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, fiction, foreign policy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, leadership, mideast, military, military history, military reform, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, reading, society, state building, Strategy and War, terrorism, tribes, war, warriors, Writing | 5 comments