Meeting of the Minds: How Presidents and Generals Stake out Their Territory
They shall have wars and pay for their presumption. —Shakespeare, Henry VI Like many a new...
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Author: Dan Maurer
Book Excerpt: To Best Understand the American Civil-Military Relationship, Look at Lines of Trust, Not of Authority
Editor’s note: MWI contributor Maj. Dan Maurer has a new book, Crisis, Agency, and Law in US...
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On Failure
Most of you reading this essay, I speculate, have a dim regard for failure. To you, failure is...
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The Staff Officer’s Paintbrush: The Art of Advising Commanders
Dan Maurer explains that, while staff officers are not the “deciders” standing in front of unit formations, their role is vital, and truly succeeding as a commander’s advisor requires a unique type of creative thinking.
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War Books Profile: Maj. Dan Maurer, US Army
Maj. Dan Maurer, a Judge Advocate officer, shares his top five books on innovation and warfare.
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