The most surprising thing I read yesterday
While Tom Ricks is away from his blog, he has selected a few of his favorite posts to re-run. We will be posting a few every day until he returns. This originally ran on March 20, 2009. In the year 2000, the PLA [People’s Liberation Army] had more students in America’s graduate schools than the ...
While Tom Ricks is away from his blog, he has selected a few of his favorite posts to re-run. We will be posting a few every day until he returns. This originally ran on March 20, 2009.
While Tom Ricks is away from his blog, he has selected a few of his favorite posts to re-run. We will be posting a few every day until he returns. This originally ran on March 20, 2009.
In the year 2000, the PLA [People’s Liberation Army] had more students in America’s graduate schools than the U.S. military, giving the Chinese a growing understanding of America and its military."
(p. 27, 2008 Joint Operating Environment, a study by the U.S. Joint Forces Command)
(Hat tip to my very smart CNAS colleague Nirav Patel on this)
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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