A Very Unequal Dialogue: Debating Civil-Military Relations with Tom Ricks

*Note: What follows is the beginning of an essay of mine (“A Very Unequal Dialogue”) on the current state of civil-military relations, which is available in full over at The Best Defense.  Tom disagrees with my recent assessment that the recent New America Foundation/Arizona State University Future of War Conference underrepresented the uniformed military, resulting in…

Links: Best Defense Essay Contest & Reader Riposte

Image courtesy of ForeignPolicy.com. Great thanks to Tom Ricks & his Best Defense blog for allowing me the privilege of entry into his “Future of War” essay context.  What follows is a sample, and the rest can be found here. “Though New America is doing great service by leading some much-needed public discussion, the “Future of War” project…