Archive for the 'social science'

• 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)

• Booksbooksbooksbooks….

August 1st, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, America, analytic, authors, book, Clausewitzian, counterinsurgency, defense, DIME, Evolution, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, politics, reading, social science, SSI, steven metz, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, The Project, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war | 3 comments

• 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

• Chet on TEMPO….Rao on OODA

July 26th, 2011 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, attention, authors, book, brain, chet richards, cognition, Epistemology, fabius maximus, feedback, ideas, intellectuals, john boyd, metacognition, Patterns, Perception, psychology, science, social science, strategist, strategy, synthesis, Tactics, theory, uncertainty | 5 comments