Archive for the 'soviet union'

• Some New Old Books

July 28th, 2012 by zen

Posted in authors, book, historians, history, military, reading, russia, soviet union | Comments Off on Some New Old Books

• Ullman’s Strategic Revolution?

May 13th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, 4GW, academia, Adaptability, America, analytic, Cebrowski, connectivity, DIME, dni, fisking, geopolitics, globalization, government, Hybrid War, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, leadership, metacognition, military, military reform, national security, network theory, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, revolution, risk, security, social science, society, soviet union, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, uncertainty, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Announcement: “Legacies of the Manhattan Project” May 12-13

May 8th, 2012 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, blog-friends, blogging, blogosphere, cold war, Communism, complex systems, complexity, deterrence, diplomatic history, foreign policy, game theory, geopolitics, government, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, military, military history, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, nuclear, Nuclear Diner, physics, politics, public diplomacy, rofer, russia, scenario, science, security, social science, soviet union, stalin, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, theory, think tanks, totalitarianism, truman, twitter, uncertainty, war, wwii | 2 comments

• New Book Review up at PRAGATI: George F. Kennan: an American Life

February 16th, 2012 by zen

Posted in authors, book, cold war, diplomacy, geopolitics, george kennan, historians, historiography, history, ideas, India, intellectuals, national security, politics, Pragati, public diplomacy, soviet union, state department, strategist, strategy | 4 comments

• K2: Kissinger on Kennan

November 14th, 2011 by zen

Posted in 20th century, academia, America, analytic, authors, book, cold war, diplomacy, diplomatic history, foreign policy, gaddis, geopolitics, george kennan, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, russia, soviet union | 5 comments