Archive for the 'society'

• Descent into Barbarism

August 10th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, britain, criminals, culture, democracy, dystopia, gangs, government, leadership, legitimacy, non-state actors, Perception, politics, revolution, security, social networks, society, state failure, Tactics, Uncategorized | 20 comments

• Guest Post: Politics Requires People (a Response to “War, the Individual, Strategy and the State”)

August 4th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, classics, Clausewitzian, Collaboration, criminals, culture, democracy, Epistemology, feedback, framing, futurism, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, JosephFouche, legitimacy, linguistics, metacognition, military, military history, non-state actors, Patterns, philosophy, politics, psychology, reader response, Seydlitz89, social science, society, state failure, state terrorism, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, synthesis, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 8 comments

• 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)

• War, the Individual, Strategy and the State

July 31st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, analytic, anthropology, Clausewitz Roundtable, Clausewitzian, culture, defense, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, JosephFouche, military, national security, non-state actors, Perception, philosophy, politics, reader response, security, Seydlitz89, social science, society, strategy, Strategy and War, superempowered individuals, Tactics, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, Uncategorized, war | 30 comments

• Book Review: The Profession by Steven Pressfield

July 25th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 2011, 21st century, 4GW, authors, book, creativity, dystopia, empire, fiction, fun, futurism, geopolitics, history, ideas, intellectuals, mideast, military, military contractor, myth, non-state actors, Patterns, philosophy, politics, reading, roman empire, scenario, shlok, society, state failure, strategy, Tactics, tribes, USMC, war, warriors, Writing | 7 comments