Archive for the 'Tactics'

• 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

• A Wound That Does Not Cease to Bleed: The War in Vietnam

February 29th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, America, analytic, authors, book, COIN, cold war, Communism, counterinsurgency, debate, gian gentile, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, military, military history, Perception, politics, reading, society, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, veterans, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war, warriors | 3 comments

• America in Arms, John McAuley Palmer, a review

February 28th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, America, army, blog-friends, chicago boyz, defense, europe, George Washington, hierarchy, J. Scott Shipman, JosephFouche, leadership, lexington green, military, military history, Militia, national security, Strategy and War, Tactics, wwi | 21 comments

• 4GW and Legitimacy at SWJ

February 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 4GW, academia, analytic, army, authors, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, defense, fisking, ideas, intellectuals, legitimacy, Liberalism, military, military reform, non-state actors, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, public diplomacy, small wars journal, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors, william lind | 11 comments