The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Knowledge Is Power – Interview: Robert David Steele Tuesday, 22 October 2013 Ex CIA-Agent Robert David Steele answered Elevate Festival’s questions about news services, secrets and the hacker-scene. #e13knowledge
1,000,000 dead Iraqis: two decades of US military intervention Big Data Analytics Master’s Degrees: 20 Top Programs Phi Beta Iota: Most big data is crap. You analyze crap, you get crap analysis. Without a holistic analytic model, a deep commitment to true cost economics, and the ability to collect AND PROCESS all relevant data, big …
Please note Army Chief of Staff General Raymond T. Odierno‘s updated strategic priorities for the US Army, arranged in five (5) categories. PDF Slide Show: CSA Strategic Priorities vFinal 16Oct13 From those, here is an extract . EXTRACTS: [DOWNSIZED ARMY; EXPEDITIONARY] – Downsize, transition, and then sustain a smaller, but ready and capable Total Army …
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 …
Uncertainty on figures hampering food security efforts Mark Kinver BBC News, 4 October 2013 More than 600 scientists gathered in the Netherlands for a global food security conference, described as the first of its kind. Organisers said science could help end uncertainty surrounding efforts to meet the food needs of future generations. They added that, …
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Gene Zelazny 4.0 out of 5 stars Fundamentals Most Ignore A Bit Too Generic, October 6, 2013 I was lent this book by a colleague. Here is some context for my appreciation of the book: 01 The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (C/JCS) once BANNED all powerpoint presentations, for two reasons. First, because …
In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world’s leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and insightful account of how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives. The range of Freedman’s narrative is extraordinary, moving from the surprisingly advanced …
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