Strategic leader readiness and competencies for asymmetric warfare. From: Parameters | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: Williams, Thomas J. | COPYRIGHT 2003 U.S. Army War College. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

"We have to put aside the comfortable ways of thinking and planning, take risks and try new things so that we can prepare our forces to deter and defeat adversaries that have not yet emerged to challenge us."

-- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (1)

Both current and past senior civilian defense officials reportedly have grown increasingly frustrated with the conventional mindset of many strategic-level military officers. In their view, too many senior lead...

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