Saturday, April 28, 2007

A Failure In Generalship

Lt. Col. Paul Yingling (deputy commander, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment) writes in Armed Forces Journal about A failure in generalship "America's generals have failed to prepare our armed forces for war and advise civilian authorities on the application of force to achieve the aims of policy. The argument that follows consists of three elements. First, generals have a responsibility to society to provide policymakers with a correct estimate of strategic probabilities. Second, America's generals in Vietnam and Iraq failed to perform this responsibility. Third, remedying the crisis in American generalship requires the intervention of Congress."

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