Archive for the 'ideas'

• Wikileaks and the Search for a Cryptographic Mythology

December 2nd, 2010 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 16th century, 21st century, al qaida, analytic, Charles Cameron, complex systems, conspiracy, games, ideas, islamist, metacognition, military intelligence, myth, network theory, non-state actors, open-source, rambling, Religion, Uncategorized | 3 comments

• Guest Post: Beakley on Boyd, Aerial Combat and the OODA Loop

December 2nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 4GW, analytic, cognition, Epistemology, ideas, intellectuals, john boyd, metacognition, military, Perception, strategy | 6 comments

• More Books!

November 26th, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, authors, biography, book, Character, Clausewitzian, Communism, dictator, dystopia, Epistemology, europe, extremists, genocide, geopolitics, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, military reform, nazis, politics, social science, soviet union, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, totalitarianism, USMC, Vietnam War, war, warriors, wwii | 24 comments

• More on Galula

November 24th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, theory, war | Comments Off on More on Galula

• Tom Barnett’s Communique to the Barbarians

November 24th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, barnett, china, defense, diplomacy, economic determinism, economics, foreign policy, geopolitics, globalization, government, ideas, intellectuals, military, national debt, national security, public diplomacy, security, strategy | 11 comments