SWJED
10-18-2006, 02:10 PM
Here are several recent 5GW posts from the blogosphere:
5GW Emergent - But What Is It? (http://zenpundit.blogspot.com/2006/10/5gw-emergent-but-what-is-it-sound-and.html) - ZenPundit Blog
My Own Personal 5GW Dream (http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/003849.html) - Thomas P.M. Barnett Blog
Into the 5th Generation (5GW) (http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2006/10/the_changing_fa.html) - Global Guerrillas Blog
Thousand Flowers Will Bloom on 5GW... (http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/003851.html) - Thomas P.M. Barnett Blog
5GW: On Yardsticks and Theories (http://zenpundit.blogspot.com/2006/10/on-yardsticks-and-theories-great-deal.html) - ZenPundit Blog
Mark at Zenpundit:
A great deal of posting on 5GW has occurred ( a new one from Tom, recently from Purpleslog, Christian Soldiers...) which brings me to the general subject of theory. Not everyone is enamored with theories or theorizing. Bruce Kesler, a friend who blogs at Democracy Project is one; a marine veteran of Vietnam, his patience for speculations that stray too far from real-world experiences is fairly short. I have heard similar views expressed from time to time at The Small Wars Council and at Military.com, which often invigorate partisans of a particular view to make their case and defend the insights a particular theory might offer. This is unsurprising as antipathy toward purely theoretical investigations is pronounced in the American character, our pragmatic bent having been observed by Alexis de Tocqueville long before the arrival of William James and John Dewey.
Nevertheless, theories are relevant and useful tools for interpreting the world in direct proportion to their reliability, validity and ease of use. The greater their explanatory power, the greater the longitudinal impact they will have on civilization. Truth has traction...
5GW Emergent - But What Is It? (http://zenpundit.blogspot.com/2006/10/5gw-emergent-but-what-is-it-sound-and.html) - ZenPundit Blog
My Own Personal 5GW Dream (http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/003849.html) - Thomas P.M. Barnett Blog
Into the 5th Generation (5GW) (http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2006/10/the_changing_fa.html) - Global Guerrillas Blog
Thousand Flowers Will Bloom on 5GW... (http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/archives2/003851.html) - Thomas P.M. Barnett Blog
5GW: On Yardsticks and Theories (http://zenpundit.blogspot.com/2006/10/on-yardsticks-and-theories-great-deal.html) - ZenPundit Blog
Mark at Zenpundit:
A great deal of posting on 5GW has occurred ( a new one from Tom, recently from Purpleslog, Christian Soldiers...) which brings me to the general subject of theory. Not everyone is enamored with theories or theorizing. Bruce Kesler, a friend who blogs at Democracy Project is one; a marine veteran of Vietnam, his patience for speculations that stray too far from real-world experiences is fairly short. I have heard similar views expressed from time to time at The Small Wars Council and at Military.com, which often invigorate partisans of a particular view to make their case and defend the insights a particular theory might offer. This is unsurprising as antipathy toward purely theoretical investigations is pronounced in the American character, our pragmatic bent having been observed by Alexis de Tocqueville long before the arrival of William James and John Dewey.
Nevertheless, theories are relevant and useful tools for interpreting the world in direct proportion to their reliability, validity and ease of use. The greater their explanatory power, the greater the longitudinal impact they will have on civilization. Truth has traction...