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No army, however brave, can win when its generals are weak.
Kuan Yew Lee • The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
Overstretch—the enfeeblement that comes with confusing ends and means—allows enemies to apply leverage: small maneuvers that have big consequences. Themistocles wouldn’t have won at Salamis without spinning a Delphic oracle. Elizabeth trusted her admirals to trust the winds. And Kutuzov could safely slumber after Borodino, certain that geography, t
... See moreJohn Lewis Gaddis • On Grand Strategy
“500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians [...] Europe, if there is something we lack today, it is not economic or demographic power, but the belief that we are truly a global force.”
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Randahl Fink • Randahl Fink (@randahl@mastodon.social)
Fox Conner had long-recognized the importance of Allied “unity of action.”
Steven Rabalais • General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor (The Generals Book 3)
Freedom of action based on commander’s intent means that the expectation is success, not a particular way of achieving success.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
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Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
Does it confer outsized geopolitical strategic advantage?
Mustafa Suleyman • The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
trust. Every presidential statement,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”