McMaster’s 4 fallacies of future warfare: vampires, Marlin Perkins, and much more
A neat little essay, summarized here: *The "vampire fallacy": A technological fix such as RMA, Rapid Decisive Operations, etc. *The "zero-dark-thirty fallacy": Making raiding your defense strategy. *The "Mutual of Omaha" fallacy: We play Marlin Perkins and send proxy force Jim Fowler (that is, allies) to fight our wars out in the Wild Kingdom. *The ...
A neat little essay, summarized here:
A neat little essay, summarized here:
*The "vampire fallacy": A technological fix such as RMA, Rapid Decisive Operations, etc.
*The "zero-dark-thirty fallacy": Making raiding your defense strategy.
*The "Mutual of Omaha" fallacy: We play Marlin Perkins and send proxy force Jim Fowler (that is, allies) to fight our wars out in the Wild Kingdom.
*The "RSVP" fallacy: This is a plea for keeping the Army big enough to be a deterrent force.
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