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... A Tale of Two Design Efforts (and why they both failed in Afghanistan) by ...

Journal Article - Jul 7 2011 - 4:24pm - 75 comments

... Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers,” struck a chord like no other essay published recently in the Small Wars Journal ... beyond one's sphere of concern. I am reminded of the tale of the blind men and the elephant. Each understands the problem only to ...

Journal Article - Apr 9 2012 - 5:00am - 61 comments

... How Afghanistan Ends: A Political-Military Path to Peace by Linda Robinson Download ... of examples over thousands of years merged in this one tale that has taken the form of Robin Hood for us of Anglo descent. In fact, a ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 11:22pm - 120 comments

... UPDATE : 21 Feb 2011 According to a just-released article in the Washington Post , U.S. officials have ... efforts on hard targets such as moving vehicles? That tale has been the most laughable (along with the bleating about "illegal ...

Blog post - Feb 21 2011 - 3:00pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments

... fighter-attack jets over the next two decades to replace a variety of aging aircraft, but the development schedule of the stealthy ... may help with that. Remember, the UCLASS is a fairy tale so far. The F-35 isn't cheap and won't be cheap. The question is not ...

Blog post - May 27 2011 - 1:49pm - 8 comments - 0 attachments

... A Civilian's Comprehensive Critique of the U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual...In 5-6 Pages ... reality. One driving factor is the old wife's tale that "effectiveness" of governance prevents or cures insurgency. Little ...

Journal Article - May 5 2011 - 9:01pm - 73 comments

... The authors set forth a counterinsurgency model that focuses on socio-cultural structural relationships and dynamics of the local population, providing insights into how to target interactions ... J. Terry and Katherine M. White.  1995.  A Tale of Two Theories:  A Critical Comparison of Identity Theory with ...

Journal Article - Feb 28 2012 - 5:41am - 13 comments

... F3EAD is the fusion of operations and intelligence:  a step toward more holistic thinking and flatter command and decision-making ... F3EAD A Tale of Two Design Efforts (and why they both failed in Afghanistan) ...

Journal Article - Jan 31 2012 - 7:54pm - 12 comments

... look at armed nation building in Vietnam and Afghanistan; a look that does not leave one with much optimism. ... put it, American policy in Laos amounted to a fairy tale [5] . Fake import licences became a cottage industry.  Did Laos ...

Journal Article - Feb 27 2012 - 5:57am - 8 comments

... Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by Mark Safranski at Chicago Boyz. I purchased a copy of ... Borges' "Library of Babel." It might be a cautionary tale in your search for a messiah toting an unimpeachable gospel. Re: ...

Blog post - May 7 2010 - 11:51am - 49 comments - 0 attachments