Tag Archives: Moises Saman

war: a continuation of policy by other means

A deaf ear to Clausewitz and how not to win a war. He died in 1831, yet we still haven’t grasped the lessons in the post WWII age: Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran? …… In distinguishing between the defensive and the … Continue reading

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guide to the perplexed: how to lose a war

Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. What next? How much the academic think-merchants should share in the responsibility for these messy predicaments is not really quantifiable. But judging from what he read and see, the American government would have found a better guide … Continue reading

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a plateful it is

The level of profoundness and incisiveness, let alone plain vanilla veracity is about at the same level as elementary school Scholastic Book Services paperbacks. Banal, slightly generic, and with lots of pablum serving drivel and spittle. Its the New York … Continue reading

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