The Strategic Shift and the Role of Airpower: A Discussion with Ben Lambeth - Dr Robbin Laird
Dr Robbin Laird The Strategic Shift and the Role of Airpower: A Discussion with Ben Lambeth Second Line of Defense, 10 April 2021 I have...
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- Dec 22, 2020
- 3 min
Joint by Design: The Evolution of Australian Defence Strategy - book by Dr Robbin Laird
Second Line of Defense have published our latest book which is entitled, Joint By Design: The Evolution of Australian Defence Strategy....
- Jun 7, 2020
- 8 min
#BookReview – Essence of Decision – Reviewed by David Hood
Graham Tillett Allison Jr. is an American political scientist and professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He is...
- Apr 19, 2020
- 7 min
#BookReview – Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace – David Hood
Edward Luttwak is a political scientist known for his works on grand strategy, military history, and international relations. Moving to...
- Apr 6, 2020
- 10 min
#BookReview – Lectures of the Air Corps Tactical School and American Strategic Bombing in WW2
Phil Haun has compiled the lectures of the Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS) as a means of capturing some of the primary sources that led to
- Feb 27, 2019
- 3 min
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Childhood’s End –James Groves
James Groves joins us to review Arthur C. Clarke’s 1952 book, Childhood’s End. He suggests the book’s dystopian vision of omniscient
- Feb 6, 2019
- 3 min
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Good News from the Vatican – Shane Dunn
Shane Dunn joins our #SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War series to discuss Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg. The book presents
- Jan 30, 2019
- 3 min
#Scifi, #AI and the Future of War: The Long Earth – Travis Hallen
Our next contributor to our #scifi #AI series is a long-time advocate of The Central Blue, Wing Commander Travis Hallen with his review of
- Jan 23, 2019
- 4 min
#SciFi, #AI and the Future of War: Colossus: The Forbin Project – Michael Spencer
The next contribution in our #Scifi, #AI and the future of war series comes from Michael Spencer, who reviewed the 1970 movie; Colossus: The
- Jan 16, 2019
- 2 min
#Scifi, #AI and the Future of War: Accelerando – Andrew Cruickshank
We welcome Andrew Cruickshank to our #Scifi #AI series with his review of Charles Stross’ 2006 book, Accelerando that explores the notion of
- Jan 9, 2019
- 3 min
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Fahrenheit 451 – Mark O’Neill
We welcome Mark O’Neill to launch our #scifi #AI series with his review of Ray Bradbury’s 1951 classic, Fahrenheit 451.
- Jul 15, 2018
- 5 min
Routledge Handbook of Air Power: A Review – Peter Layton
Olsen, John Andreas (ed.) 2018, Routledge Handbook of Air Power, 1st edition, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London; New York.
- May 23, 2018
- 5 min
Army of None: A Review – Sean Welsh
Scharre, Paul 2018, Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War, 1st edition, W. W. Norton & Company, New York
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