Archive for the 'ideas'

• Reading “Hard” Books vs. Pretending to Do So

December 14th, 2014 by zen

Posted in authors, book, faux, fun, ideas, intellectuals, rambling, reader response, readers, reading, Uncategorized | 16 comments

• WarCouncil’s “Zero to Clausewitz”

November 24th, 2014 by zen

Posted in ideas, military, military training & education, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, WarCouncil | 5 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

• Lind on “the Navy’s Intellectual Seppuku”

February 22nd, 2014 by zen

Posted in Adaptability, analytic, cognition, complex systems, creativity, cultural intelligence, culture, defense, education, government, hierarchy, humanities, ideas, leadership, lind, military, navy, resilience, science, STEM, systems thinking, warriors | 5 comments

• Pavers of Roads with Good Intentions: R2P Debate Rising Part II.

February 18th, 2014 by zen

Posted in 21st century, abstraction, academia, blogosphere, diplomacy, diplomatic history, fisking, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, Humanitarian, ideas, intellectuals, international law, military, national security, negotiation, politics, R2P, security, state failure, theory, UN, united nations, war | 6 comments