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Fox Conner also viewed Woodrow Wilson’s concept that the nation had actually fought a “war to end all wars” as a “mere slogan of propaganda.” In contrast to the isolationist sentiment then prevalent in the United States, Conner repeatedly told Eisenhower that American participation in another large-scale European war was “almost a certainty.” Again
... See moreSteven Rabalais • General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor (The Generals Book 3)
Quelle idée pouvait bien se faire de lui-même un soldat réduit à porter des boutons d’uniforme en plastique ? Comment pouvait-il se battre ? À qui pouvait-il faire peur ? Qui avait eu l’idée de remplacer le laiton brillant par de la merde moulée à la louche ? Certainement pas le haut commandement, plutôt un connard de pékin chargé de réduire les
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All the War They Want: Special Operations Techniques for Winning in Cyber Warfare, Business, and Life
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soldiered with the Communist leadership that would ultimately wrest control of the country from the Nationalists. While there, he became interested in Chinese guerilla operations against the Japanese, specifically the small-unit, “democratic” leadership model that pushed authority and responsibility down to the most junior levels in small combat
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On Flexibility: Recovery from Technological and Doctrinal Surprise on the Battlefield
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Clausewitz himself proposed that war could best be compared with commerce, since both are social conflicts of human interests and activities.
Jessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers
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