Archive for the 'military history'

• Zen’s Iconic Compare and Contrast: Nine Years

December 24th, 2011 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, America, analogy, cognition, counterpoint, iraq, military, military history, society, strategy, Strategy and War | 1 comment

• Ruminating on Strategic Thinking

December 21st, 2011 by zen

Posted in analytic, cognition, cultural intelligence, Epistemology, feedback, horizontal thinking, ideas, intelligence, leadership, metacognition, military, military history, organizations, Patterns, Perception, politics, psychology, Questions, rambling, risk, society, strategist, strategy, synthesis, Tactics, theory, uncertainty, war | 10 comments

• Odierno’s Reading List

December 6th, 2011 by zen

Posted in army, authors, book, education, historians, history, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, reading, recommended reading | 6 comments

• Do Oligarchies Create Insurgencies?

November 29th, 2011 by zen

Posted in analytic, Arab Spring, COIN, counterinsurgency, democracy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, military, military history, military reform, national security, non-state actors, Oligarchy, politics, primary loyalties, reform, revolution, scenario, social science, state building, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, theory, Uncategorized, war | 28 comments

• On War as an Unfinished Symphony

November 3rd, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, academia, analytic, book, Clausewitz Roundtable, Clausewitzian, counterintuitive, creativity, Evolution, history, ideas, intellectuals, literature, logic, military, military history, philosophy, Questions, reading, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors, Writing | 9 comments