Image courtesy of Military Uniform Supply. As I write my dissertation, I’ve spent an awfully long time in General Eisenhower’s papers (emphasis on awful). Though the spade work can get tedious, there have been some bright spots. In The War Years, Volume III, I came across the gem below (on page 1888, entry number 1711). It’s General…
Image courtesy of American History. Very famously, General Douglas MacArthur once said, “On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.” But is this true? Does sport participation really produce better military leaders?
Image courtesy of Life Magazine and Flikr user Vietnam History in Pictures. The US Army will not be very successful in the coming operating environment unless it develops a sense of strategic understanding in its officers (and senior noncommissioned officers). For the purposes of this essay, strategic understanding is defined here as: awareness, comprehension, and…