SHORTER RECOMMENDED READING
Younghusband at Coming Anarchy – posts his review of Colonel Thomas X. Hammes, The Sling and The Stone while Curzon defiantly crossbreeds sociobiology and geopolitics.
William Arkin of Early Warning on “CONPLAN 0400” – a WMD location exercise. Of course, if there really was a WMD to locate without causing a public panic, they’d bill it as an exercise. ( Hat tip to Noah)
Dr. Dan Nexon of Duck of Minerva explains realist balance of power in terms of IR theory with the aid of tiny circles and Machiavelli.
Jeremiah at Organic Warfare on The Eastern Way of War
Daniel Nexon:
September 23rd, 2005 at 3:43 am
Trust me, they’re pretty big when shown from an LCD projector. I also have 3D, color ones sitting around somewhere. And, uh, its not the size of the circles… it is the performance.
mark:
September 23rd, 2005 at 2:47 pm
Ah the LCD…can’t live without it…can’t get my powerpoint files to download at critical moments from the main server ;o)
What is your opinion of Machiavelli’s Art of War vis-a-vis
The Prince and Discourses on Livy ?