by zen | Jun 17, 2013 | Monitor
Alexander The Great by Robin Lane Fox Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris Shadow Warrior: William Egan Colby and the CIA by Randall Woods The first, was one of the works cited by Paul Cartledge in his own biography of Alexander the Great. Fox is an eminent...
by zen | May 10, 2013 | Monitor
Adam Elkus has a lengthy and meaty post at Abu Muqawama, inspired by General Mattis, one that you should really read in full: The Mattis Book Club ….But while gaining an understanding of the nature of war is useful, there are a lot of things it won’t do....
by aelkus | May 10, 2013 | Monitor
I’ve always admired USMC general General James Mattis. I first encountered him when I read his scathing takedown of Effects-Based Operations (EBO) in 2008, and soon became familiar with his operational record in Iraq and endlessly entertaining quotables. Most of...
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 zen | Feb 13, 2013 | Monitor
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson This is a fun book by the former editor-in-chief of WIRED , author of The Long Tail and the co-founder of 3D Robotics, Chris Anderson. Part pop culture, part tech-optimist futurism and all DIY business book,...
