Review: Preventing World War III–A Realistic Grand Strategy
5.0 out of 5 stars Thinking Strategically Is More Important Than Tanks and Guns, April 8, 2000
Review: Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
6-Star Utterly Brilliant Survey and Strategy, April 19, 2016 The author of this book has done something no one else has done – I say this as the reviewer of over 2,000 non-fiction books at Amazon across 98 categories. For the first time, in one book, we have a very clear map of what is …
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Richard Wright: Are Army Leaders Serious? Cannot Fight a Big War with 127,000 Net Net Soldiers
The sad fact is that flag level officers and their civilian overseers of all the military services appear unable or unwilling to exercise critical thinking and commitment to doing what should be their jobs. Look at the U.S. Army: it is now down to between 425 and 450 thousand soldiers yet the army general staff …
William Blum: USA – Exporting War & Repression
Since the end of World War 2, the United States has: Attempted to overthrow more than 50 foreign governments, most of which were democratically-elected. Dropped bombs on the people of more than 30 countries. Attempted to assassinate more than 50 foreign leaders. Attempted to suppress a populist or nationalist movement in 20 countries. Grossly interfered …
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Berto Jongman: Foreign Affairs on Causes of Civil War
States of War How the Nation-State Made Modern Conflict Andreas Wimmer Foreign Affairs, 7 November 2014 To explain recent conflicts in countries such as Syria or Sudan, observers have been quick to point their fingers at proximate causes specific to our times: the power vacuum created by the end of the Cold War offered opportunities …
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Parag Khanna: The End of the Nation-State?
The End of the Nation-State? New York Times, 14 October 2013 Singapore — Every five years, the United States National Intelligence Council, which advises the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, publishes a report forecasting the long-term implications of global trends. Earlier this year it released its latest report, “Alternative Worlds,” which included scenarios for …
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Review: Strategy – A History
Lawrence Freedman 5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary Effort, Surprise Turn, One Gap, October 16, 2013 FINAL REVIEW The original review and its links remain valid. The book is misrepresented as a history of military strategy – despite flyleaf comments about the book also covering business strategy, the fullness of the book is not properly …
