TRANSLATORS NOTE (1940) [U.S. has not yet entered the Second World War] In July, 1941, the undeclared war between China and Japan will enter its fifth year. One of the most significant features of the struggle has been the organization of the Chinese people for unlimited guerrilla warfare. The development of this warfare has followed… Read More »Uproar in the East, Strike in the West: Samuel B. Griffith on Mao Zedong’s Yu Chi Chan (Guerrilla Warfare) The post Uproar in the East, Strike ...| Driverless Crocodile
I've been wanting to write mass combat/warfare rules for a while, and here they are!| Xeno's Ramblings
Warfare sigue los pasos de un batallón de marines en plena guerra de Irak. Basada en hechos reales.| Libertad Digital - Cultura
Over at Ricochet.com, our producer Scott named this podcast The Politics of Petulance after an article of the same name by David Horovitz in the Times Of Israel that Judith and I mention towards the end of our discussion. There are a few other sources I’d like to give credit to: Yau-Man Chan at Skepticblog writing about the curious cult of […]| PooterGeek
Judith and I discuss current events in Israel for Ricochet.com. The sound is better all round this time, though it’s clear I’m going to have to work on being a bit slicker. It’s p…| PooterGeek
In the previous post of the series, I promised to show how both the Economic Power and Casualties Rates hypotheses can be combined within the same computational model. Yesterday, the SocArxiv finally published my preprint describing this model (it took several weeks to resolve some bureaucratic issues), and I now ... Read more| Peter Turchin
One thing I realized since I posted my blog series on the War in Ukraine (last one here) in July is that previously I explicitly addressed only one hypothesis (which predicts a win for Russia). But what I aim at is a scientific prediction (see Scientific Prediction ≠ Prophecy) and ... Read more| Peter Turchin
In this installment I will use the ideas discussed in previous posts to make projections. A projection is different from a forecast (and, certainly, from a prophecy) in that it is not an attempt to predict what will happen. Rather, it is a description of what would happen given certain ... Read more| Peter Turchin
The first part of this series gave an introduction to the Osipov-Lanchester (OL) model and illustrated the ideas with the example of the American Civil War. In this second part, my aim to extract a…| Peter Turchin
This podcast (32 min) covers the end of Genesis 9 and Genesis 10. Included posts: The drunken leader (Gen 9:18-29) The nations (Genesis 10) Previous podcasts: Podcast: Genesis 1 Podcast: Genesis 2 Podcast: Genesis 3 Podcast: Genesis 4 Podcast: Genesis 5 Podcast: Genesis 6 Podcast: Genesis 7 Podcast: Genesis 8 Podcast: Genesis 9 The series … Continue reading "Podcast – Genesis 10"| Seeking the kingdom
What’s the point of listing the nations in Genesis 10? It’s a big deal in the big story.| Seeking the kingdom
German defense technology company, Helsing, has just unveiled its first AI-powered, munitions-deploying strike drone, the HX-2, though its core components are already battle-hardened.| New Atlas
When the Mongols Set Out to Conquer the World, There Was Only One Limiting Factor: Grass | Historynet Dr Wayne Lee is great reading| Underground Tradecraft
The drone operators who halted Russian convoy headed for Kyiv The unit is also looking at ways to overcome Russian jamming, part of the electronic warfare being waged in Ukraine in parallel to the bombs, shells and missiles. At present, Aerorozvidka typically waits for the Russians turn off their jamming equipment to launch their own drones, and then it sends up its machines at the same time. The unit then concentrates its firepower on the electronic warfare vehicles. Honchar describes these ...| Underground Tradecraft
The 1904 Dogger Bank Incident, where the Russian Navy mistakenly attacked British trawlers, led to an international crisis and exposed the dangers of military paranoia.| Historic Mysteries
This January has five Wednesdays, and in the usual way of this blog, the fifth Wednesday gets an essay on whatever topic the readers select by vote. As usual, it was a lively contest, but this time…| Ecosophia
"The Afghan War, which inaugurated a wave of western attacks in Asia and North Africa 20 years ago, will prove in its last act the futility and destruction of 'humanitarian intervention'."| Source
an entry by Mika Thomas, Helen Sakharova, Ko Cheng Chan Figure 1: A Us soldier wearing a gas mask while traveling through a field filled with tear gas during a training drill The human body is wond…| BCA Chemistry