- The Military Needs More Disruptive Thinkers
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... Disruptive thinkers: the way to reinvigorate a senseless bureaucracy or a threat to the ... essays at this page as they are published . For my generation, there is one profession that captures our imagination more ... "Let's be honest -- how relevant is Clausewitz's "center of gravity" when fighting a foe with no center of gravity?" shows me ...
Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments
- The Statistical Irrelevance of American SIGACT Data: Iraq Surge Analysis Reveals Reality
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... The Statistical Irrelevance of American SIGACT Data: Iraq Surge Analysis ... the never ending proclamation that the "population are the center of gravity" or the "prize" or that the goal as General Carter said ...
Journal Article - Apr 12 2011 - 6:45am - 31 comments
- Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)
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... as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. Last week the Attorney General nominee Judge Michael Mukasey refused to define ... seem black-and-white. However, the closer you get to the center of the storm, the more gray things become. Re: Waterboarding is ...
Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments
- Design Theory and the Military’s Understanding of Our Complex World
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... it not think? Download the Full Article Author’s Note: Before readers pull their hair ... it is not going to be through doctrine, or at a training center (no offense Outlaw- I was working at JRTC for some time earlier and ...
Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments
- Disruptive Thinkers: Defining the Problem
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... An attempt to answer the question: What problem are we trying to solve? ... company, a guided-missile destroyer, a supply depot, a “center of excellence,” or a major procurement program – rather than the ...
Journal Article - Apr 9 2012 - 5:00am - 61 comments
- Lost in Translation: The American Way of War
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... and military historians have written prolifically on the topic of an American way of war. With U.S. troops leaving Iraq and ... Amercan Way of War through 2020” (Alexandria, VA: Center for Strategic Studies, CNA Corporation, 2006). Gray, Colin S. ...
Journal Article - Nov 17 2011 - 9:17am - 9 comments
- Bringing the Hurricane: The American Way of War
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... Bringing the Hurricane: The American Way of War by David S. Pierson ... best removed from our lexicon, along with the concept of center of gravity. Victories, losses, stale mates are the results of numerous ...
Journal Article - May 22 2011 - 10:32am - 23 comments
- American Guerrilla: A Review
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... by Dr. Alfred H. Paddock, Jr. Download the full article: American Guerrilla : A Review In American ... an academic facility at the US Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School dedicated in his name. Sixth, I also don't understand ...
Journal Article - Jun 17 2010 - 8:02pm - 16 comments
- Hazing is Simply Intolerable
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... to our values and is prohibited." The recent case of Private Danny Chen, who took his own life in Afghanistan ... SOF from all branches, converge on the National Training Center in the Mojave Desert to hone their skill. And it's hard training that ...
Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments
- Pop-COIN and ‘The Death of American Strategy’ (Updated)
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... Pop-COIN and ‘The Death of American Strategy’ by A.E. Stahl Defenceiq ... to business here. If in fact the population is NOT the center of gravity in counterinsurgency warfare, then - what is ? Body counts ? ...
Blog post - Jan 13 2012 - 7:19am - 49 comments - 0 attachments


