Learning from contemporary conflicts to prepare for future war / H R McMaster
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Orbis Vol 52, No 4, Fall 2008, pp.564-584 (44)Summary: Although recent and on-going conflicts have discredited much of the thinking that underpinned America's defense transformation efforts of the 1990s, this paper argues that there is little indication that America is learning from these incompatibilities. Proposes that war concepts should be fighting-centric rather than knowledge-centric, based on real and emerging threats, actual combat experience, and linked to policy goals. Force design and structure should be based on these concepts. The paper looks at some of the implications of this change of approach.
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Although recent and on-going conflicts have discredited much of the thinking that underpinned America's defense transformation efforts of the 1990s, this paper argues that there is little indication that America is learning from these incompatibilities. Proposes that war concepts should be fighting-centric rather than knowledge-centric, based on real and emerging threats, actual combat experience, and linked to policy goals. Force design and structure should be based on these concepts. The paper looks at some of the implications of this change of approach.
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