Given the possibility that retired Marine Gen. James Mattis will be secretary of Defense, this section from my book, The Generals, becomes more interesting.
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The United States military failed America in Afghanistan. It wasn’t a tactical failure. It was a failure of leadership.
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Rather, it is letting things slide, and winding up with a poor formulation of national strategy.
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For all the reasons you’d expect.
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After today, the Best Defense goes on summer hiatus.
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The public discussion that’s recently emerged about the U.S. Air Force’s personnel crisis is well overdue.
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A lot of suicides occur when the new vet is transitioning from military to civilian life, writes Marine Sgt. James Galloway.
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Tom challenged me to reflect on Russ Glenn’s recent article in Parameters, about the theory and application of mission command in the Australian Army.
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Tom’s run a lot of news lately about reliefs.
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You'd be tired too.
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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for 20 years for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He is the author of five books about the military.
Email: ricksblogcomment@gmail.com
Twitter: @tomricks1
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