A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Lessons of Ukraine for the US Army
A nation must think before it acts.
Lessons of Ukraine for the US Army
Clausewitz wrote that the first task of a commander is to establish “the kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for, nor trying to turn it into, something that is alien to its nature.” After two decades of counterinsurgency operations, the US Army now finds itself observing – and supporting – Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s aggression. The war has turned into a grinding, attritional, industrial age struggle, the kind the US military had assumed was a thing of the past.
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A Call to Action: Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force – Katie Crombe and John A. Nagl
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