Summary: The Wall Street Journal brings a rare bit of good news about our foreign wars, a story acknowledging our foe’s military skill. We should applaud recognition of reality, however belated, as a step forward. With luck next might come awareness that their skill results in part from our tactics. {2nd of 2 posts today.} …
Good news: our military sees that we face skillful foes! Read More »
Solutions of the first kind… new things (i.e., robots, autonomous flying vehicles, software to help us understand and manipulate foreign societies). Solutions of the second kind… new ideas about tactics and strategy. Solutions of the third kind… new ways to shape our institutions – aka politics — usually by altering how they recruit, train, and …
Background In the world of military theory today there are many people on the cutting edge.  Historians like Martin van Creveld, analysts like John Robb and Chet Richards, visionaries like Thomas Barnett, even some crossing across these categories like William Lind. But there are few developing solutions that can be implemented today. By solutions, I mean large-scale …
The Essential 4GW reading list: Donald Vandergriff Read More »
