The Art of Influence(bbc.co.uk)
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The Art of Influence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-ff9a9c01-faa4-4038-b4e9-83e619460e1f
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Could someone elaborate on the intent schematic that was used to plan the attack? I have always wondered how big military operations were developed, it's hard to imagine anything of that size and complexity in the civilian world.
I'm sorry that I don't have direct links but most US military doctrine can be found easily in the for of FM's and TM's (field and technical manuals respectively). Many of which are available free on the Internet.
FM's are usually written in a terse and skimmable format.
A good place to start might be US Army FM 7-8 (that's "seven dash eight" not "seven through eight")
FM's are usually written in a terse and skimmable format.
A good place to start might be US Army FM 7-8 (that's "seven dash eight" not "seven through eight")
I'm getting massive layout breakage on Chrome 45 (OSX).
Chrome 45 on 2011 MBA, 4gb ram w/ uBlock on
Worked really, really well. CPU jumped to ~50% when scrolling though.
Worked really, really well. CPU jumped to ~50% when scrolling though.
same here...at first I thought it could be my adblocker, but it breaks completely without it as well.
on Safari my laptop fan started moving so loud, it felt it was going to take off
Not even readable on a 2014 MBP 16GB ram, Chrome 45, OSX Yosemite
The style of the layout of this article is intriguing.
People with access to the BBC iPlayer can watch the third quarter of Adam Curtis's "Bitter Lake" to get another angle on this.
I find his tale of a ridiculous series of mistakes a bit more compelling.
I find his tale of a ridiculous series of mistakes a bit more compelling.
Or Bram Cohen's IPLayer: 49C2E772BFDB18686FC3384B363F4A544F549150
Cool site, this is what I see http://cl.ly/image/0v1A2z3H3S0i
Insightful, particularly with regards to political influence on decision making.
> Events in Lebanon had added to the growing sense of unease that I had first experienced in Baghdad. When a powerful military is faced by apparent military "weakness", it can respond by an overuse of kinetic force - the "hard power" of attacking with guns, bombs and artillery.
> I worried that in Afghanistan, as in Lebanon and before it, Iraq, hard power was not being properly balanced by the application of "soft power" - stabilisation, reconstruction, investment and negotiation.
> We were also being out-fought in the propaganda war by an enemy that was more adept and agile in the use of the internet.