Prophets or Praetorians? The Uptonian paradox and the Powell corollary.

From: Parameters | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: Cassidy, Robert M. | Copyright information

"A [military] philosophy grows from the minds and hearts, social mores and customs, traditions and environment of a people. It is the product of national and racial attributes, geography, the nature of a potential enemy threat, standards of living and national traditions, influenced and modified by great military philosophers, like Clausewitz and Mahan, and by great national leaders like Napoleon." (1)

"The major risk of a big-war predilection is that the US Army will re...

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