Who coined the term "GMW"?

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It's been used at least twice in threads where I was active (here at Dreaming 5GW, and there at ZenPundit), but I just noticed Smitten Eagle's use of the term "GMW" to stand for William Lind's "Generations of Modern War" framework.  I think it's great that Lind's work has a TLA, and if we use "XGW" instead of "xGW," it makes a comparison between GMW and XGW easier to display in letters. 

The sooner that XGW can divorce itself from GMW the better.

Who gets the credit for the term "GMW"?

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I'm pretty sure it was me.

http://www.dreaming5gw.com/2008/03/who_coined_0gw.php#comment-908

Might have used it somewhere else first though.

I am completely ok using GMW (occasionally linked back to a Lind article). This will help with differentiation of the idea.

Using "XGW" works for me.

What is "XGA"?

Aherring,

I think it was you too.

PurpleSlog,

Typo? What typo? :-)

Heh...gotcha! I think it funny that I noticed a typo. I can go back to almost any old post of mine and find typos or dropped words.

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