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Birtle ON PROVN

... other historians who are experts in a given field. Often times, proposed essays for the Journal that go through this peer-review ... a Knife". While I still enjoyed and learned from Nagl's book, especially his discussion on learning organizations, he excessively ...

Blog post - Oct 17 2008 - 12:44pm - 6 comments - 0 attachments

Malaya: The Myth of Hearts and Minds

... eventually ended up in Thailand, miffed, and would write a book called ‘ My Side of History ’ but few Malays have bothered ... The alternative was employing local labour three times a year to cut the vegetation such was the fecundity of the Malay ... (ed.), A People's History of Insurgency (forthcoming from NY, Free Press). 2) An forthcoming article in Small Wars and Insurgencies, ...

Journal Article - Apr 16 2012 - 4:44am - 23 comments

How the U.S. military fell in love with 'Three Cups of Tea'

... Cups of Tea' Maybe the Ralph Peters of late ( NY Post Peters). In the mid-late-90's his articles in Parameters were ... This sounds like an arrogant thing to say, but how many times have those of you in uniform heard something to the effect of "What the ...

Blog post - Apr 21 2011 - 3:31pm - 48 comments - 0 attachments

COIN of the Socio-Cultural Realm

... system.  Patron-client relationships often emerge in times of social disturbance, although this is not the only time we see them. ... a Big One.  Oxford University Press.  New York, NY [2] Koehler, M. and P. Barry (2004).  Case Study: Using ...

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

Fighting the Insurgents’ War in Afghanistan

... Fraud” in Afghan Election’, New York Times , 11 October 2009. For the 2010 parliamentary elections see ‘Fraud ... [30] Bob Woodward, Obama’s Wars (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2010) [31] Jeffrey Gettleman et al ., ...

Journal Article - Jan 12 2012 - 11:10am - 2 comments

Strategic Thinking: Providing the Competitive Edge

... ailments such as these are difficult to overcome and often times lead to myopic courses of action.  To bring a more balanced and ... R. (1981). Creating the corporate future , New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. Bloom, B., Ed., (1956), Taxonomy of ...

Journal Article - Feb 11 2012 - 8:11am - 13 comments