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Tag Archives: Tribalism

Gifts of Honor: A Tale of Two Captains

By Steven Pressfield | Published: January 18, 2010
[Friends, with apologies, a stomach virus has laid the blog low.  Here's a re-run of a post that has been a reader favorite. We'll be back on Wednesday!] June 22nd, the Washington Post ran an excellent article by Greg Jaffe, titled “A Personal Touch in Taliban Fight.” The piece is about a young Army captain, Michael [...]
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One Tribe At A Time #4: The Full Document at last!

By Steven Pressfield | Published: October 29, 2009
Download Major Jim Gant’s “One Tribe At A Time” to your computer, or view it right now. [Because of the extraordinary response to Maj. Jim Gant's paper, One Tribe At A Time, I've decided to leave it up all week in the "Number One Slot."  My ongoing interview with Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai will pick again [...]
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An Open Letter to Gen. James Jones, National Security Advisor

By Steven Pressfield | Published: October 9, 2009
[This week has been a rough one for our troops in Afghanistan--and a contentions one among policymakers here in the States.  I'm going to interrupt our ongoing interview with tribal chief Ajmal Khan Zazai to post this open letter.  The same note was sent by e-mail two days ago to the parties below.] TO: Gen. James [...]
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Mea Culpa: Coming Attractions coming a little late

By Steven Pressfield | Published: September 18, 2009
They say that every enterprise, from D-Day to a kitchen remodel, takes three times as long as you think and costs three times as much. I must apologize: our two new series have run afoul of this same syndrome. Here’s the latest: We will launch, for sure, next Friday, with a reconfigured site. Series #1: A multi-part, [...]
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Knowing When to Stop, or Learning How to Win?

By Steven Pressfield | Published: September 11, 2009
A guest blog by Michael Brandon McClellan [Mike McClellan is a graduate of Yale and Georgetown Law and a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute. His articles on politics and foreign policy have appeared in the WSJ, the Weekly Standard and on TCS Daily.  It's our pleasure to welcome him as a contributor.] A few months ago I [...]
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