I’ve actually written quite a bit on ISIS to date, so it may be prudent for those that are unfamiliar with WarCouncil.org to visit some of these other short essays in order to provide some broader context: “ISIS Won and Four Fundamental Factors that Explain Why” “Destroying Value: ISIS, The Anaconda, and War On The…
Image courtesy of Wikipedia. One of the most important parts of being a strategist is understanding the environment. To have a grasp on the zeitgeist sharpens analysis and focuses the mind on what “is” and what might come. My contribution to this is the assessment that the contemporary warfighting environment is dominated by what…
Image (2007) courtesy of Wikipedia. Teaching Sun Tzu can be fairly straightforward – and kind of tough. For example, what does he mean when he writes that “what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy’s strategy?” (Griffith translation, p. 77). Moreover, he writes that this should take precedence over other options –…