Mar.07.2008
by dni
The Generations of War Model and Domestic Policing
Dr Simon Newman
Senior Lecturer in Law
University of Westminster, UK
[Note: Dr. Newman has been kind enough to share some working notes he made for the London's Metropolitan Police Department. It's an excellent example of how that framework can help stimulate insights and creativity, which to me is the real purpose of models [...]
Filed in 4GW - Articles, Boyd and Military Strategy | 12 responses so far
Dec.17.2007
by Chet
The rise and fall and maybe rise of military reform
Two insiders of the “military reform movement” of the 1970s and ’80s have written what amounts to a tell-all: Who was in the movement, who supported it, and who claimed to support it but in the end betrayed it. The military reform movement, for those unfamiliar with the term, was a bi-partisan [...]
Filed in 4GW - Articles, Boyd and Military Strategy, Organization and Personnel Managment, Weapon System Effectiveness | 25 responses so far
Dec.10.2007
by Chet
Dawn of the Cognetic Age
Air Force Lt Col Bruce Johnson has written an interesting article for the Winter 2007 edition of the Air & Space Power Journal.
To grossly oversimplify, he’s proposing applying the principles of maneuver warfare to what is sometimes called “information operations” or more recently, “soft power.” He writes:
By means of cognetics, the United States can [...]
Filed in 4GW - Articles, Boyd and Military Strategy, Strategy and Force Employment | 9 responses so far