Review: Boyd–The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Theory, Ugly Corruption, Sad Personal Decay, December 15, 2002
2000 Presidential Leadership and National Security Policy Making
Chapter 12, “Presidential Leadership and National Security Policy Making,” pp. 245-282. PDF (38 Pages): Chapter 12 Presidential Leadership Background The Ninth Annual Strategy Conference, held at the U.S. Army War College in 1998, addressed the theme of “Challenging the United States Symmetrically and Asymmetrically: Can America be Defeated?” In the course of that event, a …
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Review: Adopting Mission Command: Developing Leaders for a Superior Command Culture by Donald E. Vandergriff
Donald E. Vandergriff, Adopting Mission Command: Developing Leaders for a Superior Command Culture (Naval Institute Press, 2019) 5 Star Potentially Epic – Could Turn US Military Into an Effective Force Reviewed by Robert David Steele I met the author through Col Dr. Doug Macgregor, USA (Ret), whose various books, but most recently and especially Margin …
Berto Jongman & Jan Rappoport: Question Authority? You Must Be Crazy.
In the Dutch media there wqs a discussion today about an opinion poll about support for conspiracy theories organized by a Dutch university research group. The researchers used the same arguments as in the NYT piece. If you ask sensible questions and don’t believe the official narrative you must be crazy and have low self …
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Berto Jongman: Connected Generation, Changing Norms, Big Banks, Privacy and Big Data
The connected generation ‘Millennials’ are leveraging their tech savvy for social change and economic opportunity. How social network policies are changing speech and privacy norms Is the proprietary nature of online speech poised to change cultural norms? Big Banks are Victims of Their Own Success The biggest banks have done an excellent job of delaying …
Chuck Spinney: Without Intelligence or Integrity, Incestuous Amplication of Self-Referencing (Corrupt Idiocy) Assures Eventual Implosion
Sun Tzu or Bismarck: Who will Prevail in the 21st Century? [Note: this first appeared in Time’s Battleland Blog (here)], The first three chapters in Sun Tzu’s timeless classic “The Art of War” describe how to make net assessments by comparing your strengths and weaknesses and those of your adversary and how to formulate strategy. Near …
John Robb: Greece, MF Global, & Crony Capitalism
JOURNAL: Greece, MF Global and Crony Capitalism The slow motion bankruptcy of MF global and Greece should prove we’re still on the brink of an economic meltdown that will likely result in a global depression. Why? These events demonstate how the global economy, like the Communist system before it, is run by a small group …
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