LtGen James Mattis' Reading List

"LtGen James Mattis' Reading List Commander, United States Marine Corps Forces, Central Command Reading List Commander's Intent: The Global War on Terrorism is a long war, and as such we need to continue our preparation to be engaged in all aspects of this war. For our...

Pay attention to jihad by Diana West

" "If I were a Muslim, I'd probably be a jihadist. The thing that drives these guys -- a sense of adventure, wanting to be part of the moment, wanting to be in the big movement of history that's happening now -- that's the same thing that drives me, you know?" No. I don't...

On Kilcullen's 28 Articles

David Kilcullen is a counterinsurgency theorist who is currently a senior adviser to Gen David Petraeus.  At the blog of Small Wars Journal, a series of posts (here, here, here and here) in which officers and other participants  "from the field" comment on Col...