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Monthly Archives: August 2010
FM 3-24: Chapter 1 (Part 10)
Concluding our review of Chapter 1 of FM 3-24 — the U.S. Army’s counterinsurgency (COIN) field manual — we come to a discussion of the “paradoxes of counterinsurgency operations” and a summary table of “successful and unsuccessful counterinsurgency operational practices”.
Vacation
Apparently, I will be on vacation this week. (Well, vacation from the blog, anyway. I’ve been coming up to speed on Django and WSGI configuration.) Posting will resume on 30 August. In the meantime, perhaps you might enjoy these re-runs: … Continue reading
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Credentials
From the 18 August 2010 edition of Roger Ebert’s “Answer Man” letters column: Q. I have watched and read your reviews for years with great honor. I disagree so strongly with your review of “Eat Pray Love” that it makes … Continue reading
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Demine iOS 4.0 Upgrades (Multitasking Part 2)
Today we’re going to finish updating the Demine project for the iOS 4.0 environment by adding complete support for multitasking. Even though Demine is not going to be doing any background processing, it turns out that a multitasking environment mandates … Continue reading
Jack
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a “dull boy”. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” … Continue reading
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FM 3-24: Chapter 1 (Part 9)
Continuing with our review of Chapter 1 of FM 3-24 — the U.S. Army’s counterinsurgency (COIN) field manual — we now look at the FM’s “Contemporary Imperatives of Counterinsurgency”: i.e., more stuff to consider, that’s (presumably) only come to light … Continue reading
FM 3-24: Chapter 1 (Part 8)
Continuing with our review of Chapter 1 of FM 3-24 — the U.S. Army’s counterinsurgency (COIN) field manual — we come to some introductory remarks on COIN itself, and a review of its historical principles.
