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... 9/11. And he talked ..." He then speculated that "If you ask Americans whether they think it's okay for us to waterboard in a ... with that ability, we should undo all of the laws on the books forbidding such behavior and withdraw from all treaties that do so as ...

Blog entry - Oct 31 2007 - 1:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... Current Books on Pakistan, Shiism, and Saudi Arabia: Thinking Beyond Usama Bin Laden ... books recently published about the region. I hope to give you an overview of books I enjoyed and others that were much more challenging ...

Journal Article - Jun 5 2011 - 9:29am - 5 comments

... to Mike, I look forward to reading more from you on this. With regard to your comment on muddling through, though, I think ... Thanks for the response. http://www.usni.org/store/books/catalog-holiday-2011/mhchaos Admittedly, I am not a “small ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 9:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... Chief, First, great article. Among the issues you raise is for us (Jointly) to consider the evolution of our doctrine as we ... they were stright forward and taken out of the battle books---there are no battle books for COIN. Re: The Targeting Process: D3A ...

Journal Article - Jul 16 2011 - 7:50am - 57 comments

... 'Design Standards for the of Application of Force'? You postulate that doctrine is a straightjacket that should not confine the ... I'll never forget one senior leader editing out the books we at SAMS were reading from an article I was working on because, ...

Journal Article - Apr 15 2011 - 4:58am - 35 comments

... a well argued article up to a point. Although I think you ignore some realities. Points of agreement: - using lethal force to ... point that it is not that simple. I was reading some books on investment today, some honest books on investment that recognized the ...

Blog entry - Jul 5 2011 - 8:00am - 98 comments - 0 attachments

... (Vietnam was their first love affair with COIN)." If you were going to parody the belief that the only useful tool in the box was a ... purchase it whereas most military folks buy their own books. Consider also that particular book is about as appropriate today as ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 7:07am - 48 comments - 0 attachments

... Center, Combined Arms Center Blog. When you are a stranger in a strange land, you need to be aware of, and hold on to, ... read like a MA thesis taken from multiple quoted text books written in the last three/four years--- Is this the best that can be ...

Blog entry - Mar 12 2010 - 4:09pm - 91 comments - 0 attachments

... she was also admiring. "It's a real pleasure to have you on the show, John," she said. Had someone like Bill Kristol given ... trained and optimized for combined arms warfare. It is books like yours that elevate the principle of learning and adapting toward ...

Blog entry - Jan 4 2010 - 12:54pm - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... and its applicability for today's COIN campaigns and you seem to identify a special kind of lesson or warning than the ones that ... has come to define causation in the Iraq war too. Recent books like Tom Ricks's duo of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq ...

Journal Article - Dec 14 2010 - 7:37pm - 83 comments