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 zen | Jul 3, 2013 | Monitor
At Small Wars Journal a provocative essay by Col. Dale C. Eikmeier: Give Carl von Clausewitz and the Center of Gravity a Divorce ….Because we love Carl von Clausewitz and the center of gravity concept, we need to grant them a divorce- for our sake. We tried for...
by Charles Cameron | May 22, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — and what about climate change, Mike Mazarr? ] . Is there even a Cheney-esque one-percent possibility that 97% of climate scientists (NASA’s estimate) are right? . . ** I just opened up Michael Mazarr‘s NDU Strategy Study Group...
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...
by zen | Jan 23, 2013 | Monitor
Small Wars Journal has published another edition of the excellent COIN interview series conducted by Octavian Manea. Here he interviews A.A. Cohen, author of Galula: The Life and Writings of the French Officer who Defined the Art of Counterinsurgency The Galula...