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Dr. Brendan Simms: Strategery
I’ve always loved how the experts, the specialized mandarins and policy wonks ridiculed Bush for his malapropisms. The overly specialized development of precise language does have its flaws, if only exposed in the caldron of the mundane. Where else is … Continue reading
Posted in Arab Spring, Arnold Toynbee, Central Asia, International Relations, Islam, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Pakistan, Politics
Tagged Arnold Toynbee, Bismark, Brendan Simms, Bush, COIN Doctrine, Counterinsurgency, David Petraeus, de Gaulle, Idolization of Ephemeral Technique, Influence of Sea Power Upon History, Lord Alfred Thayer Mahon, Offshore Balancing, Realism, Roosevelt, Russian Revolution, Security Studies, Southwest Asia, Strategery, Three Victories and A Defeat: Rise and Fall of the First British Empire
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General David Petraeus Ph.D., Icon Of Counterinsurgency & The Ideals Of Mao Tse-tung & Sun Tzu
About fifteen years ago Nien Cheng (author of ‘Life & Death In Shanghai’) gave the commencement address at Marist College in New York. I was unaware of her life and her relation to Mao Tse-tung, she was best friends with … Continue reading
Posted in Central Asia, China, Sun Tzu, Uncategorized
Tagged 1980's Central America Civil War, Afghanistan, Afpak, Art of War, Central Asia, Counterinsurgency, David Petraeus, Father Luke McCann, Guatemala, Joe Biden, Mao, Marist College Commencement, Napoleon, Nicaragua, Nien Cheng, Pakistan, Philippines, Sun-Tzu
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