Comments on: Weekend Mashup

By: Morgan Atwood

Morgan Atwood — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:41:42 +0000

Pardon the improperly closed link in the above – I was trying to say, you may enjoy Global Guerrillas: http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/ , and the html didn’t like me.

By: Morgan Atwood

Morgan Atwood — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:36:44 +0000

Mr. Pressfield – I didn’t see this mentioned in any of your posts, or the comments I read (admittedly I’ve not even come close to reading all the comments), so forgive me if I overlooked it, but in-case its new to you, you may enjoy .

Have enjoyed your work in the past, and am greatly enjoying this newest effort – Looking forward to the posts to come. You’re saying some vitally important things, and I hope they are being heard by the right people.

By: Ian Wendt

Ian Wendt — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:11:01 +0000

Mr. Pressfield,

I’ve long heard of your work and will eventually have to move up your titles to the top of my reading list. From the little reading I’ve done here, you offer a lot of insight that seems to be left in undiscovered by a lot of people today. Keep up the good work, I’ll be reading here regularly.

By: Julie Tallard Johnso

Julie Tallard Johnso — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:55:01 +0000

Much to appreciate here. Glad you now offer a blog. Much new for me here on and this is a good thing. Julie

By: Dom Santoleri

Dom Santoleri — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:10:42 +0000

Also check out:

http://sosh-p.blogspot.com/

Posts are infrequesnt, but his treatise on the Sikhs is well worth a read. Found this via blackfive.

By: kestrelrising

kestrelrising — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:48:47 +0000

Hi,
I’ve found your blog very informative. I’m doing quite a bit of research on the current war in Afghanistan for a novel I’m writing and your insights are enlightening. I have wondered, since 2001, whether either the US or UK governments actually bothered to study any history of the region before they went blundering in. My guess is that they didn’t or they did and they ignored it.

By: andrew lubin

andrew lubin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:40:01 +0000

Correction: It’s 2 Marines killed by an IED, not 4 //

By: Historyguy99

Historyguy99 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:59:17 +0000

Steve,

I am honored by the recognition. I enjoyed listening to your interview with Hugh Hewitt last week. In a personal note, I have been hooked on the LRDG ever since reading about them as a teenager. I kept a prized model of the very same truck a Chevy 30 hudredweight until I went off to join the Army. In the same vein, Hugh had recently interviewed Thomas Barnett about his new book Great Powers. My contribution to the mashup would be to recommend Tom’s blog as a source of insight to look beyond the next hill.

http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/

By: andrew lubin

andrew lubin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:00:29 +0000

While we debate strategy and tactics, I just recieved news (Sunday 1030EST) that 4 Marines were killed in Helmand today.

Semper Fi

By: da kine

da kine — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:48:36 +0000

A colleague of mine is currently studying in Jordan through a military program and he runs a great (if somewhat infrequently updated) site about cultural understanding, conflict resolution, and counterinsurgency:

http://www.buildingpeace.net/

My go-to guy for straight shooting on a strategic level (vs. Yon on the operational/tactical level) is Tom Ricks:

http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/