Jan.23.2008
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On War #247: Crossing the Channel
By William S. Lind
For centuries, Continental wars that included Great Britain tended to follow a pattern. The British would send an army to the Continent; it would be defeated by the French or Germans; the British would withdraw to their island; and their triumphant European enemy would draw up a superior force on the [...]
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Dec.13.2007
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On War #243: Operationalizing Tactical Successes in Iraq
By William S. Lind
Fourth Generation Seminar
(Note: This On War column is a product of the Fourth Generation War seminar, whose earlier products include the fourth generation war manual FMFM-1A [237 KB PDF]. The seminar, which I lead, is currently composed of U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army officers, mostly captains. W.S. Lind)
Recent tactical [...]
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Dec.05.2007
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On War #242: Academics Awake!
By William S. Lind
Tom Lehrer sang of ivy-covered professors in their ivy-covered halls, and seldom indeed does anything worth reading come from academia. Between the stultifying effects of cultural Marxism, aka Political Correctness, and the narrowness demanded by über-specialization, academia offers only hard and stoney ground to the fragile seeds that are new insights.
Nonetheless, it [...]
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