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  1. Watch out Culpeper, you seem to be veering...

    Watch out Culpeper, you seem to be veering dangerously close to the much derided "Postmodern obscurantism."

    I think most students are apathetic mixed with depressed when they think about the big...
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    In retrospect, the paper was kind of thrown...

    In retrospect, the paper was kind of thrown together as a result of last-minute deadlines and related pressures. But I may try to give it a rewrite sometime this summer, should I get a decent block...
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    As a young, center-left college student, I'll...

    As a young, center-left college student, I'll clearly acknowledge that academics are often more liberal than I am. However, it's not as if the path of a conservative student is lined with thorns. For...
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    A friend of mine has translated some works by...

    A friend of mine has translated some works by Schmitt, so I hear a lot of stuff of his secondhand. Very interesting character.
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    While it's important to recognize the importance...

    While it's important to recognize the importance of defending one's cyber-infrastructure, these attacks were basically anything a 15-year-old with a botnet could put together. From where did the...
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    I'm putting together the paper this weekend. I'm...

    I'm putting together the paper this weekend. I'm not sure how it'll turn out, but should it come out well I might put it up here for yays and nays. Thanks for the help.
  7. I think the only way you could do it would be to...

    I think the only way you could do it would be to have a small number of congressmen, probably ones on the Armed Services cmte's, focus on the generals as one of their issues alongside procurement,...
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    I believe there was an initial glider-deployed...

    I believe there was an initial glider-deployed force that was later reinforced. Thanks for the recommendations and keep them coming.

    Any good general works on British armored units in N. Africa?
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    Insurgency & COIN in Greece (in WW2 and after)

    I'm looking to write a 25-30 page paper on British action in Greece between October 1944 and January 1945, during which they fought the leading (and communist controlled, of course) Greek resistance...
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    I seem to recall a great passage in The Guns of...

    I seem to recall a great passage in The Guns of August about the bright red pants the French troops wore in the years running up to WWI, and the furious fight against changing it. But if I recall it...
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    I don't know, but I might be able to talk to...

    I don't know, but I might be able to talk to someone who does.
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    I'm wondering how the issues of accountability...

    I'm wondering how the issues of accountability and oversight work in terms of private intelligence. Does anybody have more info on this?
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    Contracting as a greater trend

    In Washington, Contractors Take On Biggest Role Ever:
  14. I wrote a paper on this war this fall, mostly on...

    I wrote a paper on this war this fall, mostly on its causes as a factor of flaws in bilateral relations and the papering-over of longstanding issues with the rhetoric of revolutionary solidarity.
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  15. Maybe you could pay them in cell phone minutes. :)

    Maybe you could pay them in cell phone minutes. :)
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    A friend of mine just finished writing a ~25 page...

    A friend of mine just finished writing a ~25 page paper on ireland as insurgency, and it seems pretty interesting, how michael collins was setting up a parallel financial structure by day and...
  17. Thread: Virtual War

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    The mention of steganography made me think of...

    The mention of steganography made me think of where I first heard of it: an Alternate Reality Game(ARG). I think the teams of people put together to tackle those puzzles represent some formidable...
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    What really gets me is all the grandstanding...

    What really gets me is all the grandstanding about "supporting the troops" while simultaneously slashing the holy hell out of the Veterans department.

    I don't know if I'd go so far to say that...
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    How has INR fared in the big intelligence shuffle...

    How has INR fared in the big intelligence shuffle of the past five years?

    These guys sound like people I'd like to work for...
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    Earl Warren makes an interesting case study here,...

    Earl Warren makes an interesting case study here, as he was all for japanese internment, but deeply regretted it afterward.
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    As for who volunteers for the Army, I don't think...

    As for who volunteers for the Army, I don't think you can hand-wave away economics. Plenty of kids I knew in high school are in the armed forces for plenty of different reasons, including "I want...
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    Actually, couch potato teens do join the football...

    Actually, couch potato teens do join the football team. They're called linemen.

    I've been doing some reading about the covert development of the non-communist left in postwar europe, CIA funding...
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