The Reading Junkie

Part II—Civilizations Apart, Stuck Together: China and the United States (Page 2)

August 24, 2022July 22, 2022 by Brant von Goble

Chinese Mandarins, American Knights: Law and the Matrix of Values Development As important as the values of a nation are, equally significant is the mechanism by which they evolve. In this section, we will examine the different matrices of values development in the United States and China. More specifically, we will consider them within the … Read more

The Ukraine Information War Is Over

July 20, 2022 by Ian Kummer

The war has been decided, and there is only one battle left: the last one.

Is Woke Cancel Culture Destroying the US Military?

July 14, 2022 by Ian Kummer

In March 2021 I declared that President Biden is destroying the US military, and offered some speculation as to why he would want to do that. Today, every military branch is gripped by a recruiting crisis, so apparently I was right. But I don’t want to gloat because the true answer is a bit more complicated than that.

The Rise and Fall of Fourth Generation Warfare

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 by Ian Kummer

In 1989, a group of military theorists (including the famed William Lind) penned an article for the Marine Corps Gazette titled The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation. Over the next 30 years, this “Fourth Generation” would shape American and NATO’s entire philosophy toward warfare. There was just one problem, it was disastrously wrong.