Archive for the 'classics'

• American Caesar — a reread after 30 years

September 4th, 2013 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, America, army, Australia, biography, book, classics, close reading, Communism, conservativism, defense, diplomacy, empire, history, intellectuals, international law, J. Scott Shipman, Korea, leadership, Liberalism, maneuver warfare, marxism, military history, military professionalism, navy, north korea, pacific empire, reading, recommended reading, republican party, state building, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized, USMC, Vietnam War, war, warriors, wwi, wwii | 9 comments

• More Books and Bookshelf Musings

June 30th, 2013 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, A.E., authors, book, classics, culture, fun, intellectuals, reading | 26 comments

• Heavy breathing on the line: Boyd and the hare

June 23rd, 2013 by Lynn C. Rees

Posted in classics, heavy breathing on the line, john boyd, Lynn C. Rees, myth | 14 comments

• Octavian Manea interviews MIT’s Roger D. Peterson

April 19th, 2013 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, America, analytic, classics, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, culture, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, leadership, military, military history, military training & education, Musings, non-state actors, politics, psychology, security, small wars journal, social science, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, tribes, uncertainty, war, warriors | 8 comments

• Sherlock Holmes, Hannibal Lector and Simonides

March 3rd, 2013 by Charles Cameron

Posted in art, Buddhism, Charles Cameron, china, christianity, classics, creativity, criminals, education, fiction, forensics, italy, literature, logic, memory, movies, Specs, Theology, tibet, Uncategorized, virtual states, visualization, youtube | 12 comments