Summary: In this second post about the real revolution in military affairs, Martin van Creveld examines why men fight. Rather than the conventional political and geopolitical factors, he looks at the psychology of excellence, honor, spirituality, and PTSD. It’s worth some thought as we begin the second round of our long war. See part one …
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Summary: The revolution in military affairs continues, silently and invisibly. Our hardware-obsessed military and its fanboys see only tools while the nature of war itself evolves. Previous posts looked at the increased role of women and children. Here Martin van Creveld looks at another fundamental change. Pussycats – Part I By Martin van Creveld …
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(1) One cost of our wars — Summary: “For many soldiers, mental trauma lingers at home“, Time, 7 June 2010 — “Roughly one in ten soldiers returning from Iraq faces ongoing struggles due to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and other conditions.” (2) The actual research: “Prevalence of Mental Health Problems and Functional Impairment …
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Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, has set a high bar for continued US combat in Afghanistan — at least if we intend to win (whatever that means in this context). He also has some interesting (and encouraging) things to say in this interview about our military forces. Excerpts from the Transcript of a Leadership …
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Judging from the many previous chapters in this series, this post will have relatively few hits — and feature critical (often abusive) comments from pro-war folks who have read neither the DoD report nor the news articles, but know they’re wrong. The anti-war folks will have little or nothing to say. The combo raises the question: does America …
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