by zen | Feb 19, 2016 | Monitor
[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 2012-2014Â edited by Dave Dilegge and Robert Bunker New and looking to be very useful....
by zen | Sep 13, 2014 | Monitor
[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...
by zen | Apr 8, 2014 | Monitor
[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...
by zen | Jul 3, 2013 | Monitor
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...
by zen | Jul 10, 2012 | Monitor
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...