What Are You Currently Reading? 2008
Reading the 1986 edition of FM 100-5, Operations. Not exactly Small Wars material, but interesting to go back and take a look at what, and how, we were thinking in the last years of the Cold War. Much easier reading at any rate than either of the FM 3-0, Operations.
"Leaderless Jihad", by Marc Sageman
I just set down my copy of "Leaderless Jihad", by Marc Sageman. I liked the book as it is based on a real data set, is empirical in nature, and has minimal anecdotal evidence. He misses the point in a few places and he nails a few peacocks to the board if you know what I mean.
Here are some slides of a presentation he did on the book.
Here is a great video presentation of a talk he did about the book.
As I said his research is pretty good though he pushes the boundaries of his results and fails in some cases to bring in historical evidence to support or refute his own claims.
Ha. Casting aspersions on
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Tom Odom
See there you go making mistakes....
Must be your eyes
bifocals now, are we?
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"Cause you two and George Singleton makes three :D
Now you're picking on George. His kids are in their 20s, my oldest is 52, so George is old and wise but not yet geriatric. Since Bob T apparently went in the service a year before I did, we're probably both at least borderline (I know I am...).
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Is self abuse, geriatric abuse, if its voluntary?
Depends on what you have in mind... :D