When we sold all our possessions I gave away in three grand sweeps nearly 15 thousand books....
Book/Article Reviews
We read a lot—books, articles, anything worth digging into. In this category, you’ll find reviews, recommendations, and the occasional takedown of books we think matter. We cover titles that deal with risk, leadership, preparedness, sailing, stoicism, and the messy parts of life. If you’ve written something worth reading, send it our way. We might review it. Or we might ignore it. And if it’s terrible, we won’t hold back. No fluff, just honest takes.
RAND recently released the Counterinsurgency Scorecard: Afghanistan in early 2011 relative to the insurgencies of the past...
I’ve wanted for some time to increase the number of book reviews I publish and to get...
A couple of thing you should know about me. First, I am in the process of completing...
Sometimes a book comes along that just by the title you have to read. In a rather...
This book is a work of fiction looking at the special operations forces working in Northern Vietnam,...
The author Ronald Krutz takes the reader through the various elements of cyber security as it is...
“Cyberpower and National Security” edited by Fraklin D. Kramer, Stuart H. Starr, and Larry K. Wentz is...
I wrote a chapter for a book called “Threats in the age of Obama” that was edited...
A new book is out “Threats in the age of Obama” with chapters by many fine writers....
The Chicagoboyz are hosting the round table I’m looking forward to the adventure of bouncing some ideas off them. For...
When I received “The black swan: The impact of the highly improbable” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random...
Small Wars Journal accepted advertising from the National Association of Scholars presenting Academic Questions as an upcoming...
The John Boyd Roundtable: Debating Science, Strategy, and War forward by Thomas Barnett and edited by Mark Safranski...
Long over due this excellently written blog is added for the substantive analysis and original content. I...
