This episode of Vine Line by DJ Wez G has a nice summer feel and has a few hits from Glastonbury 2023 plus a surprise couple of songs from the 1960s. :::Tracklist::: # Artist name Track name 1 Bananarama Cruel Summer 2 Taylor Swift Cruel Summer 3 Warpaint Champion 4…
This is one of the very best books I have ever read. It is up to date material and full of cutting edge military theory and ideas and I believe is critical essential reading for any politician or military personnel, especially those who conduct their employment in the NATO led…
View More Review: The Dragons and the Snakes – How The Rest Learned to Fight The West – by David Kilcullen
This is a weighty tome (800 plus pages) and the authoritative history of perhaps the least glamorous of the U.K.’s principal security services. However, the facts illustrated in this book clearly demonstrates the critical role GCHQ plays in national security and perhaps one could argue is more relevant and more…
View More Review: Behind The Enigma – The Authorised History of GCHQ – Britain’s Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency – by John Ferris
David Kilcullen is an experienced Australian military professional. He is a senior advisor to the US Military. In this book, Kilcullen describes the recent Western conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq as relative anomalies in the progress of future wars and conflict. He focus on the Urban, networked littoral. Giant coastal…
View More Review: Out of the Mountains – The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla – by David Kilcullen
The lecture by Dr. Andrew Dowling at Cardiff University analyzed Catalonia’s independence movement, highlighting its origins in the 2008 economic crisis. It explored the region’s identity and political dynamics, emphasizing the clash between Catalan nationalism and Spanish centralization. Dowling concluded that the future independence of Catalonia remains uncertain given political and economic complexities.
View More Spain’s Catalan Crisis / Catalonia’s Spanish Crisis – Lecture by Dr Andrew Dowling at Cardiff University
Here’s a nice selection of influential songs that plugged my walkman ears during through the teenage years. :::Tracklist::: # Artist name Track name 1 Mock Turtles Can You Dig It? 2 The Farm Altogether Now 3 Martika Toy Soldiers 4 Lisa Stansfield All Around The World 5 Blue Pearl Naked…
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When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order by Martin Jacques My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is an excellent study of China and its position in the modern world. The author explores the rise of China’s power,…
View More Review: When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order