by zen | Aug 26, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Mark Safranski a.k.a. “zen”] “When a man is lying in a shell hole, if he just stays there all day, a Boche will get him eventually. The hell with that. My men don’t dig foxholes. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving.” ...
by zen | Aug 9, 2013 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski – a.k.a. “zen”] Grand strategy in 1941 A very interesting article at Small Wars Journal by Captain Sean F.X. Barrett, USMC on the state of contemporary grand strategy. Definitely worth the time to read the whole thing:, but I am...
by Bill McCollum and Matthew W. Broaddus | Jun 25, 2013 | Monitor
By: Bill McCollum and Matthew W. Broaddus Do you improve your organization, or detract from its success?
by Charles Cameron | Jun 4, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — considering a rare attribute in two religious leaders ] . ** Christopher Anzalone tells a story about the Grand Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr (above, left), Moqtada‘s father, in his highly recommended podcast on Jihad & Martyrdom in...
by zen | Apr 19, 2013 | Monitor
Another installment of Octavian Manea’s excellent COIN interview series at SWJ. This one focuses on social science and varieties of insurgency: Breaking Down “Hearts and Minds”: The Power of Individual Causal Mechanisms in an Insurgency ….OM: In your...
