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ARCHIVES OF January, 2010

Agora

Agora

Tribal Engagement Tutorial: Introducing a New Series

By Steven Pressfield | Published: January 22, 2010

As the debate over what to do in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond continues, United States soldiers and Marines are on the ground fighting and sacrificing.

While this blog will continue focusing on that debate, the greater focus will be on providing soldiers and Marines practical, battle-tested information, which can help them on the ground.  (more…)

Posted in Agora
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Writing Wednesdays

Writing Wednesdays

Wrestling an Alligator

By Steven Pressfield | Published: January 20, 2010

A friend asked me the other day how I experienced Resistance. What did the phenomenon feel like to me? I told him it was like wrestling an alligator.

"And I haven't even got a pen knife."

"And I haven't even got a pen knife."

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Posted in Writing Wednesdays
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Afghanistan

AfghanistanAgoraOn Tribalism

Gifts of Honor: A Tale of Two Captains

By Steven Pressfield | Published: January 18, 2010

Mangwel and the Konar River Valley

Mangwel and the Konar River Valley

[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!] (more…)

Posted in Afghanistan, Agora, On Tribalism
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