Center for Strategic Communication

REVIEW: American Spartan by Ann Scott Tyson

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen’] American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant by Ann Scott Tyson  When I first posted that I had received a review copy of American Spartan from Callie, it stirred a vigorous...

New Book: American Spartan by Ann Scott Tyson

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant by Ann Scott Tyson  Was just sent a review copy of American Spartan courtesy of Callie at  Oettinger & Associates which...

Narco-cartels as MBAs Doing 4GW

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”]   Yale organizational behaviorist Rodrigo Canales has an interesting talk on the Narco-insurgency in Mexico ( which he correctly sees as having been as lethal as Syria’s civil war). While this won’t be...

Manea interviews Kilcullen at SWJ

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Octavian Manea, the interviewer par excellence of Small Wars Journal, steps up with an interview with COIN guru and former USG senior adviser Dr. David Kilcullen: Future of Warfare in a Post-COIN Conflict Climate...