A review of a forthcoming, if not released film - on Netflix only - by Ahmed Rashid, War Machine. So a couple of passages:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40418967
This is an...
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A review of a forthcoming, if not released film - on Netflix only - by Ahmed Rashid, War Machine. So a couple of passages:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40418967
This is an...
Thanks to WoTR a review of McChrstal's latest book 'Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World' which starts with:...
Following on a CNN interview a previously unheard blogsite provides four tips to defeat ISIS, using excerpts, to read more follow...
A lengthy interview in FP and has some interesting passages, notably on the development of SOF in Iraq:http://www.foreignaffairs.com/discussions/interviews/generation-kill?page=show
The thread's title is a slight variation on General McChrystal's book title 'My Share of the Task: A Memoir'.
Earlier this week Dave D. added a post on SWJ Blog, referring to a book review by...
As the RFI header says use the search feature, just using McChrystal will find a number of relevant threads, including one on COIN & Air Power. There is another which may have escaped my eye on the...
This article 'Washing the dirty linen of a dirty conflict in public could actually save lives' by Max Hastings, a journalist and military historian, gives a seasoned UK viewpoint and is quite...
A Canadian SWC member has written a four page article on this matter:http://www.jmss.org/jmss/index.php/jmss/article/view/307/329
Hat tip to a Canadian resume of think tank writing:
The actual title was 'McChrystal forgot that he was not calling all the shots – Barack Obama...
Rob Thornton's query:
The venue, IISS is well known for attracting a variety of members and observers. Many embassies etc are members. I was not there, but on past attendance some NATO nations...
Oblong,
I too noticed The Daily Telegraph report on presidential anger. The author is a Washington DC based correspondent and I would suggest he has taken the bait from a local briefing. In the...