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Militia - the ultimate defense against 4GW

Summary:  This essay sketches out what might be our most reliable defense against 4GW — a militia.  Militia have deep roots in western history, and many of these advantages can work for Americ… more »

Fabius Maximus

Bacevich on U.S. Grand Strategy — 8 comments

don wrote 2 days ago: I know Andrew Bacevich. He is a great soldier, gave me an extensive interview for my book, Path to V … more »

Tags: adaptability, boyd, leadership, America's dependence on foreign oil, andrew bacevich, Chuck Spinney, Grand Strategy, John Boyd, Leaders of Character

Evolutionary Adaptability — 6 comments

don wrote 3 months ago: Thank you Fred for an outstanding answer(s) to the questions posted earlier! Your insights are more … more »

Tags: adaptability, Learning Organizations, boyd, Dale Stewart, Leader Development, Fred Leland

First post — 3 comments

don wrote 4 months ago: I am proud to announce my first post on my blog that will deal with leadership and leader developmen … more »

Tags: boyd, leadership, adaptability, OODA Loop, Mike Wyly, Dale Stewart

The Myth of Grand Strategy — 4 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 years ago: Summary: What would a grand strategy for America look like? This critiques our current policies and … more »

Tags: America's Long War, Grand Strategy, History, alfred korzybski, Carl Sagan, Chuck Spinney, General Semantics, John Boyd, The Destroyer

If We Can Keep It

themurr wrote 3 weeks ago: Almost done with Chet Richards newish book on national security and grand strategy, among other thin … more »

Tags: boyd, quantum physics, Swarms, formlessness, shi, Fingerspitzengefuehl, Insurgency

Militia - the ultimate defense against 4GW — 11 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Summary:  This essay sketches out what might be our most reliable defense against 4GW — a mil … more »

Tags: 4 GW, Our Military, Clausewitz, Decline of the State, martin van creveld, David Kilcullen, william lind, militia, Game Theory

How often do insurgents win? How much time does successful COIN require? — 3 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: “Lies, damned lies and counterinsurgency“, Robert W. Chamberlain (Captain, US Army), Arm … more »

Tags: 4 GW, armed forces journal, coin, Insurgent, robert chamberlain

Experts' views about the recent fighting in Basra — 7 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 3 months ago: (#9 in a series)   The recent events in Basra provide a test, allowing comparison of a war blogger … more »

Tags: Geopolitical News, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, Internet - does it make us smarter or dumber?, Iraq War, Malcolm Nance, Gareth Porter, Marc Lynch, Basra, gareth stansfield

Different voices discussing the events in Basra — 3 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 3 months ago: Google shows dozens or hundreds of websites with folks discussing the recent events in Basra.  On o … more »

Tags: Geopolitical News, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, Basra, Iraq War, Matthew Yglesias, patrick lang, Reidar Visser

A solution to 4GW - the introduction — 15 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 4 months ago:  We now have an adequate basis upon which to develop a solution for 4GW (at least, a “Mark … more »

Tags: Grand Strategy, 4 GW, 4GW, martin van creveld, william lind, John Robb, if we can keep it, non-trinitarian, Brave New War

Theories about 4GW are not yet like the Laws of Thermodynamics — 11 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 4 months ago: One of the baleful influences on the 4GW analysis is the science of Psychohistory developed by H … more »

Tags: 4 GW, 4GW, coin, hari seldon, if we can keep it, Isaac Asimov, opposed systems design, psychohistory, Rand

Welcome to my blog

Chet wrote 4 months ago: Unfortunately, while we were waiting for you, we got bored and moved: http://www.chetrichards.com. J … more »

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ABCDs for today: About Blitzkrieg, COIN, and Diplomacy — 20 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 5 months ago: Here and here I discussed our tactical retreat in Anbar Province of Iraq.  Dan Tdaxp raises an i … more »

Tags: 4 GW, Grand Strategy, History, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, 3gw, 4GW, Anbar, coin, dan tdaxp

The Constitution: wonderful, if we can keep it — 4 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 5 months ago: Many reviews of books about public policy give the impression that the reviewer went directly to t … more »

Tags: 4 GW, Books about Geopolitics, constitution, 'freeman dyson', if we can keep it, John Robb, martin van creveld

How the Iraq and Vietnam wars are mirror images of each other — 9 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 5 months ago: Chet Richards (Colonel, USAF, retired) noted the strong parallels between our tactics in Vietnam th … more »

Tags: History, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, Iraq War, John McCain, Sun Tzu, Tet Offensive, vietnam war

Three blind men examine the Iraq Elephant — 10 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 5 months ago: First in another series of Iraq situation reports.  As with the fable about the blind men and the e … more »

Tags: Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, Internet - does it make us smarter or dumber?, Iraq War, popular front militia, Tom Engelhardt, Abu Marouf, admiral greg smith, Concerned Local Citizens, Awakening Councils

DoD Death Spiral - the US Navy version — 7 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 5 months ago: The following article not only provides an excellent example of the Defense Death Spiral (see here f … more »

Tags: Our Military, defense death spiral, U.S. Navy, otto kreisher, Proceedings

Recommendation to read: "Is Warfighting Enough" by Richards and Vandergriff — 3 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 5 months ago: “Is Warfighting Enough?” by Chet Richards (Colonel, USAF, retired) and Don Vandergriff (Major, … more »

Tags: 4 GW, Grand Strategy, Our Military, 4GW, adaptive leaders course, Donald Vandergriff, marine corps gazette

Are war games a competitive edge of conventional forces vs. non-state 4GW foes? — 5 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 6 months ago: I recommend reading the threat on military simulations that started here and has moved over to the D … more »

Tags: 4 GW, 4GW, martin van creveld, War Games, military simulations, kriegsspiel, Fingerspitzengefuehl


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