Tom Pike

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Tom Pike is a Strategic Intelligence Officer in the US Army currently assigned to USTRANSCOM.   The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or positions of the Department of Defense or the U.S. government.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
Strategy is a Competition of Ideas:  What Gettysburg and Afghanistan Teach Us

  

  
  

                
 by Tom Pike 

  

  
  

                
Posted On September 18, 2012 04:30 AM | Comments(14)

  

  
  

                

	Historians often turn wars and battles into linear sequences outlining casual chains for which the mind has a natural bias.


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
Populations as Complex Adaptive Systems: A Case Study of Corruption in Afghanistan

  

  
  

                
 by Tom Pike and Eddie Brown 

  

  
  

                
Posted On August 26, 2011 08:56 AM | Comments(8)

  

  
  

                

	Refining analytical methods for a better war