Archive for the 'military history'

• Announcement: “Legacies of the Manhattan Project” May 12-13

May 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, blog-friends, blogging, blogosphere, cold war, Communism, complex systems, complexity, deterrence, diplomatic history, foreign policy, game theory, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, nuclear, Nuclear Diner, physics, politics, public diplomacy, rofer, russia, scenario, science, security, social science, soviet union, stalin, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, think tanks, totalitarianism, truman, twitter, uncertainty, war, wwii | 2 comments

• History Will Judge Only if We Ask the Right Questions

April 18th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 9/11, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, arab world, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, diplomatic history, Epistemology, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, history, IC, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, media, military, military history, military intelligence, national security, non-state actors, Perception, politics, Questions, security, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors | 8 comments

• New Book: THE SNAKE EATERS by Owen West

April 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, Foreign Internal Defense, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, leadership, military, military history, military intelligence, military reform, national security, Transition Ops, Uncategorized, war, warriors | 1 comment

• The Strategic Dilemma of Bitter-Enders

April 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 20th century, analytic, ancient history, china, classics, Clausewitzian, COIN, counterinsurgency, deterrence, dystopia, extremists, geopolitics, historians, historiography, history, hitler, Ho Chi Minh, ideas, insurgency, japan, leadership, logic, military, military history, nazis, Patterns, peace, psychology, risk, society, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, Vietnam War, war | 7 comments

• The End and Ends

March 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, deterrence, dictator, diplomacy, diplomatic history, dystopia, europe, extremists, Failed State, foreign policy, geopolitics, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, iran, logic, mideast, military, military history, national security, nazis, nuclear, risk, scenario, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, totalitarianism, war | 5 comments