Archive for December, 2009

• A Short Rant……

December 27th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 4GW, al qaida, America, government, illegal combatants, islamist, national security, non-state actors, security, state department, terrorism | 15 comments

• Five Questions: An Interview with Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai

December 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, insurgency, Interview, islamic world, leadership, legitimacy, military, non-state actors, pakistan, security, social networks, steven pressfield, suicide bombing, tribes, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Gaddis on Grand Strategy

December 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, cold war, defense, deterrence, DIME, diplomacy, diplomatic history, historians, ideas, intellectuals, military, national security, state department, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, teaching, theory, war, youtube | 7 comments

• The Human Face of War

December 22nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, army, authors, book, cognition, defense, government, historians, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, metacognition, military, military history, organizations, philosophy, strategy, Strategy and War, theory, war, warriors | 2 comments

• Recommended Reading

December 22nd, 2009 by zen

Posted in recommended reading, Uncategorized | 10 comments