Archive for the 'America'

• Why Johnny Jihad Can’t Read (AQ Mission Orders)

August 1st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, America, analytic, authors, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamist, national security, non-state actors, social science, society, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, the atlantic | Comments Off on Why Johnny Jihad Can’t Read (AQ Mission Orders)

• Booksbooksbooksbooks….

August 1st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, authors, book, Clausewitzian, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, Evolution, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, politics, reading, social science, SSI, steven metz, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, The Project, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 3 comments

• Wylie’s Military Strategy

July 23rd, 2011 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, Clausewitzian, defense, J. Scott Shipman, mao, military history, national security, navy, Patterns, philosophy, recommended reading, Strategy and War, theory, Uncategorized, war, wwi, wwii | 11 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

• Possible Shifts in AfPak

July 12th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, America, analytic, barack obama, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, DIME, diplomacy, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, India, insurgency, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, military, military history, mob, pakistan, Patterns, politics, scenario, soviet union, state failure, terrorism, tribes, war | 13 comments