{"id":2726,"date":"2008-05-25T15:43:40","date_gmt":"2008-05-25T15:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2008-05-25T15:43:40","modified_gmt":"2008-05-25T15:43:40","slug":"recommended-reading-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=2726","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A large and varied haul:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top billing!<a href=\"http:\/\/pundita.blogspot.com\/\"> Pundita<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/pundita.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/william-ayers-plan-to-turn-americas_20.html\">The William Ayers plan to turn America&#8217;s schoolchildren into Maoists and how Barack Obama helped him<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/pundita.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/great-unanswered-questions-about-barack.html\">&#8220;The great unanswered questions&#8221; about Barack Obama&#8217;s relationship with William Ayers.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most of America has forgotten unrepentant Weatherman terrorist and America-hating wingnut, <strong>Bill Ayers<\/strong> ( even many &#8217;68er leftists still find Ayers too much to take, forty years later). Unfortunately for <strong>Senator Barack Obama<\/strong>, as the campaign rolls on there will be a reintroduction to his close friends and longtime political supporters, William Ayers and<strong> Bernadine Dohrn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/blog\/\">SWJ Blog<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/memorial-day-2008\/\">Memorial Day 2008<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/americas-greatest-weapon-1\/\">America&#8217;s Greatest Weapon<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first post has a primary source historical document, a multitude of links and several videos to commemorate Memorial day.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chicagoboyz.net\/\"><strong>Lexington Green<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; <a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/chicagoboyz.net\/archives\/5806.html\" title=\"Permanent Link to \">&#8220;No Sign until the Burst of Fire&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great commentary by<strong> Lex<\/strong>\u00a0on a fantastic article on the tribal and religious\u00a0nuances of\u00a0 Pushtunistan on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cominganarchy.com\/\">Younghusband<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cominganarchy.com\/2008\/05\/19\/the-principles-of-war-introduction\/\">Principles of War: Introduction<\/a>&#8220;, &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cominganarchy.com\/2008\/05\/21\/the-principles-of-war-1-selection-and-maintenance-of-the-aim\/\">Principles of War 1.: Selection ana Maintenance of Aim<\/a>&#8220;, &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cominganarchy.com\/2008\/05\/23\/the-principles-of-war-2-maintenance-of-morale\/\">The Principles of War 2.:Maintenance of Morale<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Younghusband has begun a new series looking at the fundamentals of waging war. Very Sun-Tzuish format in terms of brevity.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chetrichards.com\/c2w\/\"><strong>Dr. Chet Richards<\/strong> <\/a>-&#8220;<a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chetrichards.com\/c2w\/2008\/05\/22\/resilient-structures\/\" title=\"Permanent Link to Resilient Structures\">Resilient Structures<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Boydian approach to resilience.\u00a0 Keeping organizations open and efficient at the\u00a0dissipation of entropy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ambassador Robert Gribben<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afsa.org\/fsj\/may08\/implementingAfricom.pdf\">Implementing AFRICOM: Tread Carefully<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Represents\u00a0the Foreign Service&#8217;s wary but hopeful view of view of AFRICOM.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomaspmbarnett.com\/weblog\/\">Dr. Thomas Barnett<\/a><\/strong> &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomaspmbarnett.com\/weblog\/2008\/05\/africom_forward_and_back.html\">AFRICOM: forward and back<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zeros in on the lack of &#8220;interagency jointness&#8221; even at AFRICOM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anthony Cordesman<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;<strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csis.org\/media\/csis\/pubs\/080521_iraq_afghan_uncert.pdf\">THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: THE IRAQ AND AFGHAN-PAKISTAN WARS, AND THE COMING YEAR OF UNCERTAINTY<\/a>&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CSIS overview report by Cordesman.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tdaxp.com\/\"><strong>Dan of Tdaxp<\/strong> <\/a>-&#8220;<a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tdaxp.com\/archive\/2008\/05\/23\/presentation-on-cognitive-approaches-to-learning.html\" title=\"Permanent Link: Presentation on Cognitive Approaches to Learning\">Presentation on Cognitive Approaches to Learning<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Agree with Dan &#8211; a very\u00a0valuable summative presentation on education by <strong>D.M. Hallowell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com\/\">Fabius Maximus<\/a> <\/strong>-&#8220;<a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/21\/iraq-lessons\/\">Keeping score: how well did 4GW theory predict events in\u00a0Iraq?<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FM scores the predictions of leading figures in the 4GW school.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armedforcesjournal.com\/index.php\">AFJ<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armedforcesjournal.com\/2008\/05\/3434645\">Lies, damned lies and counterinsurgency<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Contesting COIN conventional wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large and varied haul: Top billing! 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