Archive for the 'Tactics'

• The Perils of Surprise

December 8th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 20th century, military, military history, Perception, rambling, stratagems, strategy, sunday surprise, Tactics, theory, war | 6 comments

• New Book: American Spartan by Ann Scott Tyson

March 11th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Afghanistan, authors, book, COIN, ideas, leadership, military, networks, non-state actors, steven pressfield, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, tribes, war, warriors | 13 comments

• Narco-cartels as MBAs Doing 4GW

January 7th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, Adaptability, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, criminals, dystopia, gangs, government, insurgency, Latin America, law enforcement, Mexico, military, narcoterror, national security, non-state actors, organizations, state failure, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, theory, war | 5 comments

• In Search of Strategy(s), a Voice, a Narrative because, ‘Gentlemen, We Have Run Out Of Money; Now We Have to Think’

December 13th, 2013 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in abstraction, Adaptability, Air-Sea Battle, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Clausewitzian, critical thinking, defense, foreign policy, history, Infinity Journal, intellectuals, J. Scott Shipman, john boyd, military history, military training & education, national security, navy, reading, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, terrorism, think tanks, threat, trade, Uncategorized, USMC, war, wwii | 22 comments

• Manea interviews Kilcullen at SWJ

November 26th, 2013 by zen

Posted in COIN, counterinsurgency, insurgency, intellectuals, kilcullen, military, small wars journal, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, war | 1 comment