The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation

From the most recent City Pages:

The following is a reprint of a seminal 1989 essay on a subject that most Americans have never heard of: "fourth-generation warfare." Behind this obscure name lies a body of insight and theory about the changing nature of war in the new age--and thus about the predicament the United States now faces in Iraq and beyond. For that reason we have decided to reprint the essay in its entirety with the kind permission of Marine Corps Gazette, where it originally appeared in October 1989. The bureaucratic/technical language makes it an unusually thick read, but an edifying one.

It's amazingly prescient. Read more.

Haven't written today

E-mail has been piling up; had to Deal With It. And it's spring break, so I have to drive the kids to the YMCA in the morning rather than just wave to them as they get on the school bus.

This is making me crabby.

I thought about posting an April Fools joke but my brain is unable to erp one up. I'm too tired to do something like pretending I'm having a hissy fit with someone and poncing out of the fandom, so I'll spare you that. I'm sure you're relieved. Am going to bed so that I can catch up on my sleep and Rob can get onto the computer and load the tax software.

I hope to be interesting/scintillating/fascinating tomorrow. Really.

Cheers,
Peg