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New Book ! Global Radical Islamist Insurgency

[by Mark Safranski / “zen“] Torn from the pages of Small Wars Journal….. Global Radical Islamist Insurgency: al Qaeda and Islamic State Networks Focus Vol. II 2012-2014  edited by Dave Dilegge and Robert Bunker New and looking to be very useful....

Manea Interviews General Zinni at SWJ

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Octavian Manea, Small Wars Journal’s interviewer par excellence, talks with retired USMC General Anthony Zinni:  Reflections on the Modern Battlefield: A Discussion with General Anthony Zinni SWJ: You open your book...

Quick Link: Manea interviews General John Allen

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Octavian Manea, the David Frost of SWJ, interviews General John Allen, USMC on the lessons learned on the Post-9/11 military campaigns. Lessons from the Post 9-11 Campaigns Octavian Manea General John R. Allen, U.S. Marine...

Clausewitz and Center of Gravity

At Small Wars Journal a provocative essay by Col. Dale C. Eikmeier: Give Carl von Clausewitz and the Center of Gravity a Divorce ….Because we love Carl von Clausewitz and the center of gravity concept, we need to grant them a divorce- for our sake.  We tried for...

SWJ: Casebooks on Insurgency

This looks to be an invaluable resource. From SWJ: Casebooks on Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare  US Army Special Operations Command and Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory National Security Analysis Department have put together a useful reference...