Archive for the 'ideas'

• Richards reviews Thomas Huynh’s Sun-tzu

May 1st, 2008 by zen

Posted in asia, authors, book, chet richards, china, classics, dni, history, ideas, military history, philosophy, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | Comments Off on Richards reviews Thomas Huynh’s Sun-tzu

• Fragile States, Failed States and Spatial Anthropology

April 27th, 2008 by zen

Posted in 4GW, academia, analytic, anthropology, blogosphere, COIN, complex systems, consilience, counterinsurgency, CTLab, cultural intelligence, economics, Geography, geopolitics, history, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, map, meme, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, readers, social networks, society, state failure, synthesis, theory, tribes | Comments Off on Fragile States, Failed States and Spatial Anthropology

• Taking Aim at the Black Swan

April 10th, 2008 by zen

Posted in black swans, book, ideas, intellectuals, network theory, resilience, shane deichman, wizards of oz | 7 comments

• Open Source Boyd

April 4th, 2008 by zen

Posted in global guerillas, ideas, john boyd, john robb, metacognition, military, network theory, networks, open-source, organizations, rule-sets, social networks, society, strategy, theory, war | 13 comments

• Bacevich at Progressive Historians

March 28th, 2008 by zen

Posted in academia, America, defense, historians, ideas, intellectuals, iraq, military, military reform, progressivehistorians, strategy, war | 3 comments