by zen | Apr 10, 2013 | Monitor
The Strategy Bridge by Colin S. Gray I have been eager to read this book by the eminent Anglo-American strategist Colin Gray ever since Adam Elkus sang it’s praises and now I have a hardcover copy thanks entirely to an enterprising amigo. A description from...
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 | Oct 23, 2012 | Monitor
Colonel Harry Tunnell Michael Yon recently published a remarkable and courageous letter by US Army Colonel Harry Tunnell to the Secretary of the Army regarding deficiencies in our military operations in Afghanistan. Colonel Tunnell is now retired, but the letter was...
by zen | Sep 16, 2012 | Monitor
Mission Revolution: The US Military and Stability Operations by Jennifer Morrison Taw Columbia University Press just sent me a review copy of Mission Revolution: The US Military and Stability Operations by Jennifer Morrison Taw, an assistant professor of IR/Security...
by J.ScottShipman | Sep 4, 2012 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command, by Jon Tetsuro Sumida As of August 2012 this is the best non-fiction book I’ve read this year. Professor Sumida brings a potentially dry topic to life making Alfred Thayer Mahan relevant in the...
