March 10th, 2009 by zen
John Robb has been thinking about tribes. So...
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March 6th, 2009 by zen
The Armed Forces Journal on the economic decline...
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February 21st, 2009 by zen
The chronically poor state of American public...
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February 14th, 2009 by zen
Just read this profile of Dr. (Gen.) Shimon...
Read morePosted in 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, army, authors, complexity, defense, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, mideast, military, military reform, national security, OSINT, small wars journal, Soob, strategy, synthesis, theory, ubiwar, Uncategorized, war, warriors | 13 comments