Archive for the 'military professionalism'

• A Light at the End of the Tunnell

October 23rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, army, COIN, counterinsurgency, leadership, military, military professionalism, military training & education, Tactics, Taliban, war, warriors | 12 comments

• “Ground Hog Day” Afghanistan Style — Lara Logan Shining Light Where Needed

October 10th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 2012, 21st century, 9/11, Afghanistan, asymmetric, extremists, Islam, islam.insurgency, islamic world, J. Scott Shipman, military professionalism, recommended viewing, security, strategy, Strategy and War, suicide bombing, Taliban, Uncategorized | 9 comments

• Twenty-Nine Articles

September 18th, 2012 by zen

Posted in Adaptability, Afghanistan, COIN, Collaboration, cooperation, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, cultural intelligence, culture, dilegge, DIME, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military contractor, military intelligence, military professionalism, military reform, national security, non-state actors, organizations, Perception, primary loyalties, state building, Tactics, teaching, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• New Book: Mission Revolution by Jennifer Morrison Taw

September 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, Afghanistan, africa, al qaida, America, analytic, authors, book, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, defense, DIME, foreign policy, government, ideas, intellectuals, IR, iraq, military, military contractor, military history, military professionalism, military reform, military training & education, national security, non-state actors, politics, revolution, security, state building, state department, state failure, strategy, Strategy and War, system administration, Tactics, theory, war | 10 comments

• Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command, The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered, a review

September 4th, 2012 by J.ScottShipman

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Adaptability, Alfred Thayer Mahan, anglosphere, Clausewitzian, cognition, consilience, core, defense, diplomatic history, education, geopolitics, globalization, insight, intelligence, J. Scott Shipman, military history, military professionalism, military training & education, navy, politics, recommended reading, security, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory | 10 comments