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Lessons From Ramadi: A Guest Post from Captain Thomas Daly

By Steven Pressfield | Published: August 10, 2009

I’d like to thank Captain Thomas Daly for writing this guest post. He lived the experiences that so many of us have read about. Captain Daly joined the Marine Corps in 2004. During his military career, he has held a multitude of billets ranging from Forward Observer to Intelligence Cell Leader. His unique perception of the battlefield has been [...]

Posted in Guest Blogger, On Tribalism | Also tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Awakening, Insurgencies, Iraq, Marine Corps, Rage Company, Ramadi, Taliban, Thomas Daly, tribes | 10 Comments

Weekend Mashup July 17-19

By Steven Pressfield | Published: July 17, 2009

Thank you for your Weekend Mashup suggestions. A few of the blogs I’ve been introduced to this week include Global Guerrillas, Ink Spots, Sosh-P and Building Peace. When I saw T.X. Hammes mentioned in Building Peace’s July 13 post, I was sold. All four are great blogs. Suggest you visit if they are new to you. [...]

Posted in Mashup | Also tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Andrew Krepinevich, Building Peace, David Wood, Eliot Cohen, Foreign Affairs, Global Guerrillas, Helmand, In the Graveyard of Empires, Ink Spots, Insurgencies, Larry Nicholson, Marine Corps, Marines, National Geographic, Newsweek, Pentagon, Pritzker Military Library, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Small Wars Journal, Sons of Iraq, Sosh-P, SWJ, T.X. Hammes, Taliban, Thomas P.M. Barnett, Washington Post | 3 Comments

The Learning Curve

By Steven Pressfield | Published: July 16, 2009

By Mark Safranski—aka “Zenpundit” Steven Pressfield invited me to do a guest post here at “Tribes” and give my assessment of the vigorous debate that greeted the entry of “It’s the Tribes, Stupid: War & Reality in Afghanistan” into the blogosphere. Or, at least the corner of the blogosphere that is concerned with COIN, military affairs, foreign [...]

Posted in Guest Blogger, On Tribalism, Uncategorized | Also tagged Afghanistan, COIN, Insurgencies, Mark Safranski, tribal mindet, Tribalism, tribes, Zenpundit | 19 Comments

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