Archive for the 'leadership'

• Ullman’s Strategic Revolution?

May 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, America, analytic, Cebrowski, connectivity, DIME, dni, fisking, geopolitics, globalization, government, Hybrid War, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, metacognition, military, military reform, national security, network theory, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, revolution, risk, security, social science, society, soviet union, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors | 9 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

• Frederick the Great, Baron Von Steuben, and the Value of Practice, Practice, Practice

April 3rd, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 18th century, Adaptability, cognition, Collaboration, europe, Fred Leland, ideas, J. Scott Shipman, leadership, Militia, Perception, Tactics, teaching, theory, Uncategorized, vandergriff | 4 comments

• Strategy and Perception, Part II.

March 26th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, America, analytic, army, blogosphere, COIN, counterinsurgency, diplomacy, foreign policy, government, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, military, national security, Perception, politics, psychology, series, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, Uncategorized, uncertainty, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 8 comments