by zen | Nov 27, 2012 | Monitor
Scott Shipman had an excellent book review post An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the Victory Plan of 1941 — a review-lite and a few questions in which he discussed the intellectual seriousness and evolution of war planner Major Albert C. Wedemeyer...
by zen | Sep 10, 2012 | Monitor
“Clausewitz wants us to accept the practical reality that these dynamic forces are ever-present and constantly interacting in the everyday world….” I just finished reading a working paper by Professor Christopher Bassford he has posted at...
by zen | Aug 22, 2012 | Monitor
Earlier this year, milblogs had much discussion regarding “toxic leaders” – so-called “leaders” who in command epitomized a bullying, negative, destructive, egocentric, “boss from hell” that compromised missions, institutional...
by Paulo Shakarian et al. | Jul 18, 2012 | Monitor
By: Paulo Shakarian et al. The team applied new new software, called RASCAL, to the provinces of Helmand, Kandahar, and Zabul in Afghanistan and found that Zabul was over-represented among the most important villages.
by zen | Jul 10, 2012 | Monitor
This looks to be an invaluable resource. From SWJ: Casebooks on Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare US Army Special Operations Command and Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory National Security Analysis Department have put together a useful reference...