Archive for the 'Tactics'

• Madness, Mass Shootings and an Open Society

December 17th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, Adaptability, America, analytic, criminals, culture, education, government, law enforcement, Patterns, politics, psychology, public school, security, society, Tactics, terrorism, threat, Uncategorized | 34 comments

• New Book: The Violent Image by Neville Bolt

December 14th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, analytic, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, history, ideas, imaginal, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, military, military history, myth, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, organizations, Patterns, politics, reading, social media, social networks, social science, society, soft power, strategy, symbolism, Tactics, tech, terrorism, theory, visualization, war, warriors, web 2.0 | Comments Off on New Book: The Violent Image by Neville Bolt

• An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941 — a review-lite and a few questions

November 20th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 20th century, Adaptability, change, Clausewitzian, defense, history, J. Scott Shipman, military history, military professionalism, ronald reagan, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized, veterans, warriors, wwii | 32 comments

• Strategy, Power and Diffusion

November 19th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, Afghanistan, America, analytic, asymmetric, china, complex systems, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, DIME, economics, history, ideas, insurgency, logic, military, military history, national security, non-state actors, physics, politics, russia, state building, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Taliban, theory, van creveld, war, warriors, william lind, wwii | 22 comments

• Book Review: Lords of the Sea by John R. Hale

November 6th, 2012 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, ancient history, Archaeology, authors, book, democracy, empire, greece, historians, history, military, military history, navy, Oligarchy, politics, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized, war, warriors | 2 comments