Review: China and Iran–Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World
Foundation Stone for Serious Global Understanding, May 30, 2009
2009 Intelligence for the President–AND Everyone Else [Full Text Online for Google Translate]
Intelligence for the President–AND Everyone Else How Obama Can Create a Smart Nation and a Prosperous World at Peace By ROBERT DAVID STEELE VIVAS Today’s secret intelligence community costs the U.S. taxpayer over $65 billion a year, and yet, according to General Tony Zinni, USMC (Ret), provides less than 4% of the decision support needed …
Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Self-Determination & Secession
UPDATED 9 January 2016 to add image, preface and paragraph extracts. As a high school honors student at the Singapore American School, I wrote a paper on the causes of the US Civil War and made the same mistake most adults make today: I thought it was about slavery and I never realized that a …
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Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Jack Davis
PLATINUM LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Jack Davis For over three decades, Jack Davis has been the heir to Sherman Kent and the mentor to all those who would strive to be the world’s most effective all-source intelligence analysts. As a Central Intelligence Agency analyst and educator, he combines intellect, integrity, insight, and an insatiable appetite for …
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Review: Assessing the Tradecraft of Intelligence Analysis
Disappointing, Some Value, October 22, 2008
2008 Rebalancing the Instruments of National Power (Full Text Online for Google Translate)
Rebalancing the Instruments of National Power: Is a National Security Act of 2009 Necessary? Or 2008, Now? By Robert David Steele (Vivas) Original As Published Full Text Online to Facilitate Automated Translation
Review: Seven Pillars of Wisdom–A Triumph
$4 extra avoids abridgement, October 9, 2008
