2:30AM
Proud path
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 2:30AM ARTICLE: Standard Warfare May Be Eclipsed By Nation-Building, By Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post, October 5, 2008; Page A16
This is what I described in a recent column, based on the brief I got from the FM team at Leavenworth.
The grand strategist, by design, is a bit player in his own career dreams. You can only provide vision and inspiration and spread the message. Others must deliver, given the vastness of the enterprise.
This is a proud day for all of us who believe in this path.
(Thanks: Gregory Kearns)
Reader Comments (2)
Res ipsa loquitur
" "Contrary to popular belief, the military history of the United States is characterized by stability operations, interrupted by distinct episodes of major combat," states the manual, saying that, out of hundreds of U.S. military operations since the American Revolution, only 11 were conventional wars. "
It took us two centuries to figure out that stability operations need preparing for?!