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What a President or any other senior leader brings with him or her to office in inevitably...
If they come out with an after-action review or lessons learned from Iraq and all it talks...
Failure is not just the result of one part of the equation. [Sometimes] you can give the...
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You assume professional competence at [the strategic] level, … but the more senior you get in the...
Sadly, historical events seem to require a round number of years to draw attention from the public,...
Five allied powers … set out a bold program of cooperation in areas ranging from cultural and...
[COOK SAID,] ‘These faces. I didn’t get to know all their names. They joined my platoon, and...
What becomes the dominant narrative? [The Vietnam War has] been examined principally through American eyes. The Tet...
I tell people today that history makes you smarter, but your heritage makes you prouder. The U.S....
[VON STEUBEN] WAS THE RIGHT MAN AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT TIME. In the next...
Washington [will] realize early on that he is playing a losing hand and has to change how...
Greatness … should be judged by some combination of leaders’ political impact; strategic, operational, or tactical brilliance;...
This is a hand receipt unlike any other. … Imagine instead of signing for an office key...
[PRESIDENT TRUMAN] WAS INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK AT AMERICA’S POSITION IN THE WORLD. In 1950, competition...