by J.ScottShipman | Dec 18, 2012 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] Jim Hasik’s White Board Outline At the suggestion of Adam Elkus, we were privileged to host our first “local” Boyd and Beyond event on 15 December. We had 14 attend, and five speakers. Logistically, we turned our family...
by zen | Dec 8, 2012 | Monitor
A quick note. There’s a provocative article at SWJ by a USAF Lt Col., Jill Long that attempted to pose an alternative definition of war and Jason Fritz at Inkspots has written a tough rebuttal; both are worth reading: Jill Long – What is War? A New Point...
by J.ScottShipman | Nov 20, 2012 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941, by Charles E. Kirkpatrick Mr. Kirkpatrick’s little book provides an excellent primer to the formulation of the United States’ WWII strategy and a refreshing...
by zen | Sep 24, 2012 | Monitor
In Part I. we looked at a working paper by Professor Christopher Bassford that he he has posted at Clausewitz.com, entitled Tiptoe Through the Trinity, or, The Strange Persistence of Trinitarian Warfare. As I said previously: At 31 pages of analytic prose,...
by zen | Sep 10, 2012 | Monitor
“Clausewitz wants us to accept the practical reality that these dynamic forces are ever-present and constantly interacting in the everyday world….” I just finished reading a working paper by Professor Christopher Bassford he has posted at...