{"id":2885,"date":"2008-09-29T04:37:12","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T04:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2008-09-29T04:40:36","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T04:40:36","slug":"recommended-reading-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=2885","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A good line up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Billing! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/informationdissemination.blogspot.com\/\">Information Dissemination<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/informationdissemination.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/challenges-of-21st-century-conversation.html\">The Challenges of the 21st Century Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A blogging tour de force. If <strong>Galrahn<\/strong> isn&#8217;t on your blogroll, he should be.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hiddenunities.wordpress.com\/\">Hidden Unities<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/hiddenunities.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/17\/league-of-democracies-i\/\">League Of Democracies?\u00a0I<\/a>\u00a0, <a href=\"http:\/\/hiddenunities.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/19\/league-of-democracies-ii\/\">League Of Democracies?\u00a0II<\/a>\u00a0, <a href=\"http:\/\/hiddenunities.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/25\/league-of-democracies-ii-a\/\">League Of Democracies II\u00a0(A)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eddie, despite domestic bliss, finds time for a series!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kotare.typepad.com\/\">Kotare-The Strategist<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/kotare.typepad.com\/thestrategist\/2008\/09\/letter-to-leaders-2.html\">A letter to the leaders of small states (2)<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/kotare.typepad.com\/thestrategist\/2008\/09\/on-war-behind-the-frontiers.html\">On war behind the frontiers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Strategist continues his series.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.d-n-i.net\/dni\/\">DNI<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.d-n-i.net\/dni\/2008\/09\/26\/implications-of-the-black-swan\/#more-254\">Predicting Future Military Threats: Implications of the Black Swan<\/a>\u00a0and <strong>William Lind<\/strong>\u00a0<a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.d-n-i.net\/dni\/2008\/09\/24\/on-war-275-van-creveld-writes-another-big-book\/\">On War #275: Van Creveld Writes Another Big Book<\/a>\u00a0( Hat tip <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/shloky.com\/\">Shloky<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.armchairgeneralist.typepad.com\/\">Armchair Generalist<\/a><\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/armchairgeneralist.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2008\/09\/casual-friday-3.html\">Casual Fridays<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason<\/strong> on <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400063515?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=zenpundit-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1400063515\">The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=zenpundit-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1400063515\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/><\/em><\/strong> by <strong>Nassim Nicholas Taleb.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/kingsofwar.wordpress.com\/\">Kings of War<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/kingsofwar.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/26\/what-we-do-or-what-we-are\/\" title=\"Permanent Link to What we do or what we\u00a0are?\">What we do or what we\u00a0are?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why does al Qaida fight ?<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/blog\/\"><strong>SWJ Blog<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; <strong>(Frank Hoffman)<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/baghdad-at-sunrise-a-brigade-c\/\">Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander&#8217;s War in Iraq<\/a>\u00a0 and <a href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/westhawk-review-the-strongest\/\">Westhawk Review: The Strongest Tribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviews of two great books ( I&#8217;ve skimmed <strong>Bing West&#8217;s\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400067014?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=zenpundit-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1400067014\">The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=zenpundit-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1400067014\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/><\/em><\/strong> but not sat down to read it properly yet).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fpri.org\/\">Foreign Policy Research Institute<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpri.org\/enotes\/200809.gale.terrorismassumptionsreality.html\">Terrorism Assumptions and Reality<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A critical review of <strong>Marc Sageman&#8217;s<\/strong> new book, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812240650?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=zenpundit-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0812240650\"><strong><em>Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century<\/em><\/strong><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=zenpundit-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0812240650\" height=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: medium none\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/\">CTLAB <\/a>Symposium<\/strong><cite><\/cite><cite><\/cite><cite><\/cite><cite><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/22\/defending-hamdan-the-capture-and-defense-of-bin-ladens-drive.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">Part I: Bin Laden&#8217;s\u00a0Driver<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link453328\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/23\/defending-hamdan-on-ruffling-establishment-feathers.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">Part II: On Ruffling Establishment\u00a0Feathers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link453332\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/24\/defending-hamdan-letter-and-spirit-of-the-law.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">Part III: Letter and Spirit of the\u00a0Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link453333\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/25\/defending-hamdan-digging-deeper-for-the-defense.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">Part: IV: Digging Deeper for the\u00a0Defense<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link453334\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/26\/defending-hamdan-trial-and-verdict.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">Part V: Trial and\u00a0Verdict<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link453663\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/22\/defending-hamdan-the-capture-and-defense-of-bin-ladens-drive.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">Full Text (Parts\u00a0I-V)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li id=\"linkGroup150326\"><strong>REFERENCES <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"link453629\"><a href=\"http:\/\/search.everyzing.com\/viewMedia.jsp?dedupe=1&amp;index=10&amp;col=en-all-public-ep&amp;e=20609332&amp;il=en&amp;num=10&amp;mc=en-all&amp;start=0&amp;q=US%2Beconomy&amp;expand=true&amp;match=query,channel&amp;filter=1&amp;y=0&amp;x=0\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">Interview on National Public Radio (7 Aug\u00a008)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link453639\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/reuters\/2008\/07\/30\/news\/OUKWD-UK-GUANTANAMO-HEARINGS.php\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">Reuters\/NYT\/IHT Story (30 July\u00a008)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link453640\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/nation\/story\/624094.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">Miami Herald Story (31 July\u00a008)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"linkGroup150382\"><strong>DISCUSSION <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"link453827\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/26\/defending-hamdan-opening-remarks.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">INNES: Opening\u00a0Remarks<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link453829\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/26\/out-here-on-the-perimeter.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">STEVENS: Out Here on the\u00a0Perimeter<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link453844\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/26\/lipstick-on-a-pig.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">WATERS: Lipstick on a\u00a0Pig?<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link454004\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/26\/a-minute-focus-on-uniforms.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">WYNN: A Minute Focus on\u00a0Uniforms<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link456140\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/28\/the-flexibility-of-the-military-commissions.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">SNYDER: The Flexibility of Military\u00a0Commissions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"link456163\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terraplexic.org\/review\/2008\/9\/29\/combatant-status-of-the-ansars.html\" onclick=\"this.target='new';\">RALPH: Combatant Status of the\u00a0Ansars<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<p><\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good line up. Top Billing! Information Dissemination &#8211; The Challenges of the 21st Century Conversation A blogging tour de force. If Galrahn isn&#8217;t on your blogroll, he should be. Hidden Unities &#8211; League Of Democracies?\u00a0I\u00a0, League Of Democracies?\u00a0II\u00a0, League Of Democracies II\u00a0(A) Eddie, despite domestic bliss, finds time for a series! Kotare-The Strategist &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}