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    Jessica Lynch: a hero constructed for a post heroic world

    I am not from the US so I am not fully aware of the happenings surrounding Jessica Lynch, but it seems quite incredible from an outsiders perspective that she is held up as a hero when someone like...
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    Alternative Model

    I have been thinking hard on this issue for a while now and I've laid out an alternative way to conceptualize the struggle for legitimacy. I am trying hard to think as originally as possible so not...
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    Back to the question...

    Getting back to the original question...

    The US at the moment has a military superiority that is arguably as dominant as any in the history of man yet it is having enormous difficulty in both Iraq...
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    Firstly, the cold war. It has been represented as...

    Firstly, the cold war. It has been represented as an ideological struggle and I certainly think this was the basis of the conflict combined with some good old fashioned realist philosophy but to what...
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    Strategy, Values and Ideas

    At the start of this year, the UK Prime Minister opened a speech with the following:

    "Our response to the September 11 attacks has proved even more momentous than it seemed at the time. That is...
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    The attraction of ideas

    Thanks for everyone's reply's.

    I was thinking some more on this and I came back to the idea of winning over people by the attractiveness of an argument or an ideal. One example was the 'idea' of...
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    Fighting Ideas with Ideas

    There has been much dialogue recently espousing the notion of 'fighting ideas with ideas'. It seems logical, but I also suspect extremely difficult. If it is such a good idea, then it is highly...
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    Thanks Tom, As always, this is excellent. JD

    Thanks Tom,
    As always, this is excellent.

    JD
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    What caused the Yom Kippur / October 1973 War?

    The war of October 1973 is generally portrayed as a move by Arab states to regain territory lost to Israel in 1967. However, after even a little research, this seems simplistic. There are obviously...
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    Proceedings

    Will you be publishing proceedings or making the presentations available afterwords because that may be very useful.

    JD
  11. Where would you start with real scince? Is...

    Where would you start with real scince? Is anthropology the relevant starting point? Or is there already a framework. You may want to look at some stuff by Richard Pech, an academic from Australia...
  12. No, its all pretty much like that and there...

    No, its all pretty much like that and there doesn't appear to be liknk to any other doctrine. Its almost viral or a wooden horse that some bright young thing has sliped in but isn't yet ina position...
  13. Cognitive Effects

    Marc,

    This is the link for the FASOC. Do a CTRL F search for Cognitive and you will see what I mean.

    https://83.138.136.216/rafcms/mediafiles/B59F2D16_1143_EC82_2E7E0EA0529ED1CD.pdf

    Good to...
  14. Air Power Perspective

    I have been looking though some of the UK higher level doctrine, particularly the Future Air and Space Operating Conceptwhich makes regular reference to Cognitive Effects without really explaining...
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    Time for a restructure?

    Are we prosecuting 21st Century conflict with 16th Century structures? Originally there were the army and the navy and environmental separation seemed logical as each required unique skills and a...
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    Modelling and mind viruses

    The points about resistence to change and egos are well taken. In my relatively short experience the major problem in moving forward has been different cultures and engrained beleif patterns. I'm not...
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    Viruses of the Mind

    Rob,
    I was just reading your post regarding viral extremism. Memetics often uses similar terms and you may be interested in the book - Virus of the Mind:: The New Science of the Meme by Richard...
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    Rob, Thanks again for your reply. Just to...

    Rob,
    Thanks again for your reply. Just to introduce my background, I am currently on Command and Staff Course. My background is in aviation particularly Joint Terminal Attack Control / FAC so my...
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    Cognitive Effects Based Approach?

    To Slapout9,
    thanks for the link - it's excellent and good food for thought.

    To Tom,
    My understanding of what you say is that it is not possible to feel comfortable in a culture unless you hold...
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    Failing to contest the IO campaign?

    Stan,
    I am interested in your comments on the rationality of individuals and groups. I personally have a tendency to assume that anyone whose motives I can't understand is irrational but I am...
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    Reply to Stan's question

    Stan,

    Thanks again for your reply.

    I really believe that the analysis of memes or thoughts / beliefs should be the starting point for anything. First one needs to analyze what each party...
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    Psyops as the primary focus of the campaign?

    Thanks to all and particularly Rob.

    I am only starting to formulate ideas at the moment but I think I am going to straddle IO and more traditional planning models making sure everything is linked...
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    A framework for campaign planning?

    Thanks for your replies and I agree with both of you but I am going to keep going with this a little further. Thanks also to Marc for the offer of ready some work and I may just take you up on that....
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    Memetics in the battle of ideas?

    I am currently investigating the concept of 'fighting ideas with ideas' as part of multi-dimensional manoevre. I am trying to find a systematic framework to organise such a campaign and this lead me...
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    Socety and the Military Leadership

    For what its worth, I think John Monash and Rommel were the great generals of the 20th century but Alexander of Macedon was perhaps the greatest of all time. He proved his tactical genius over and...
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