Book Launch Event for "The Generals" by Thomas E. Ricks
The Center for a New American Security hosted the book launch for The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today by Thomas E. Ricks, CNAS Senior Fellow, on Thursday, November 8 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Ricks discussed his study of the history of American military leaders and the growing divide between military performance and accountability. Susan Glasser, Editor in Chief of Foreign Policy, interviewed Ricks, followed by Q&A with the audience.
In The Generals , Mr. Ricks sets out to explain why history has been kind to the American generals of World War II and less kind to the generals of the wars that followed. He traces the history of military leadership culture, beginning with the Second World War and taking the reader through the evolution of a culture that neither punished mediocrity nor rewarded risk-taking. The result is a story about the transmission of values, strategic thinking and the difference between an organization that learns and one that fails.
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One of the best books I have read since Dereliction of Duty!
@josephvoda9349
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Q&A, why ask a question in 20 words when you can use 500...
So leadership but... undermine your command like Opie to avoid a final action against Korea. MacArthur knew they were being supported by The Chinese and he wanted to finally prove it to the world, fight the real enemy. This would be the total reversal, kinda like Rick's logic on Marshall System Good/Marshall System Bad. Which is it, buckO? Do we breed a system that undermines command and praise it or do we lament the need for further "success?" You call a stalemate, N. Koreans in prison and the current state of The CCP a win? They're raping their own ethnic minorities and repeating their own little holocaust. _Never Forget?_ *Yeah, right.* Just like that holiday in Cambodia before I was born.
History shows that Generals, from Alexander the Great to Gen. Miller, who followed Sun Tzu won and those would didn't were defeated.
@thodan467
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Alexander followed Sun Tzu?
@cchgn
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@@thodan467 Well, he probably didn't know him personally , BUT he DID stay a Holiday Inn Express....lol NO, seriously, he was groomed from birth by his father King Philip II, of Macedonia, an acclaimed tactician in his own right and was tutored by Aristotle. Now, King Philip II invented the "Macedonian Phalanx" , but Alexander perfected it. He was NEVER defeated in battle. At 22 years old, he defeated the Persian Empire. HE simply did everything right. He practiced every principle of Sun Tzu (without knowing it). So did Aristotle know about Sun Tzu? Hmmm.....
@thodan467
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@@cchgn Serious King Philipp was a very capable Strategist . Alexander in his time was more renowned for his sieges! Now look what Sun Tzu said about sieges
The Center for a New American Security - An organization founded by Democrats and tapped to provide input and personnel to the Biden Administration. Their personnel contributed to our involvement in Libya and the hearts and minds failures that allowed the continued existence of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Maybe the book's worth reading, but what I've read about CNAS so far has left we less than impressed with their contribution to American security.
@johnstevens1575
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@@alexleanh I googled them as an organization and their individual members and contributors.
@johnstevens1575
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@@alexleanh True, but start with Google and than read the source materials from which the entries came. I did so a year ago or so and don't feel like revisiting it now. If you research it you'll likely draw the same conclusions.