Christopher Coker of the London School of Economics and Political Science (I always want to render the "and Political Science" in parentheticals, for some reason) has an interesting review of two new books in the Times Literary Supplement: Patrick Hennessey's The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars and James Fergusson's A Million … Continue reading The Junior Officers’ Reading Club
Tag: education
Primary and Secondary Source Management
Despite all sorts of professional involvement in data mining and knowledge development/management/exploitation, it hasn't translated well to how I manage my personal files at home. I've been collecting primary and secondary research materials for years, but somehow never really used any form of software or tool to manage it all. File folders and file naming conventions, … Continue reading Primary and Secondary Source Management
The Date
It wasn't until I read Dan Drezner's note on the date - 9/11 - that I realized I was starting my personal blog on the eighth anniversary of 11 September 2001. Completely unintentional. Drezner offers a couple of good points on threat inflation and resilience. Me? The personal referent for this was that 11 September … Continue reading The Date