Learning the Wrong Lessons: Biases, the Rejection of History, and Single-Issue Zealotry in Modern Military Thought
In 1904, war broke out between Tsarist Russia and Imperial Japan; Western nations sent observers...
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Paul Barnes | 02.04.22 | Commentary & Analysis
In 1904, war broke out between Tsarist Russia and Imperial Japan; Western nations sent observers...
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The current doctrine of combined arms maneuver was constructed by the United States Army and her...
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Ben Barry, Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq (Osprey...
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We therefore conclude that war does not belong in the realm of arts and sciences; rather it is...
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It is often treated as an assumed truth in Western defense establishments that the world is...
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