REVIEW: Leap of Faith, by Michael J. Mazarr
The Vietnam War and the Failure of Cybernetic Warfare The limits of the centralising cybernetic model were laid bare by the Vietnam War where the most powerful and technologically advanced military in history was held in check by a Third World guerrilla army. James Gibson has perhaps done the most to document the dramatic failure of ‘technowar,’ an
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In 1920, Fallujah had provided the spark in Iraq’s nationwide uprising against the British, with the initial fighting costing five hundred British lives and six thousand Iraqi ones, prompting Arabist T.E. Lawrence to later write: The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap…it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor. Things
... See moreJeff Neumann • Babylon by Bus: Or, the true story of two friends who gave up their valuable franchise selling YANKEES SUCK T-shirts at Fenway to find meaning and adventure ... jobs for which they lacked qualification..
American strategy prior to 1992 was to use military force to pursue its interest. Its greatest triumph was in World War II, when, in addition to defeating Germany and Japan, it gained domination of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, securing the United States from invasion, if not nuclear war. Since World War II, the United States has consistently us
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