Seduced by success
Daniel L. Davis
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose. And it’s an unreliable guide to the future.” – Bill Gates, “The Road Ahead”
Conventional …
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1866: Ode to the quartermaster
Editor’s note: The following was part of the Journal’s approving response to a proposal by General Ulysses S. Grant to reorganize the Army’s quartermasters and lessen their responsibilities.
From the archive: January …
Read more ›1863: Rebuilding railroads
Editor’s note: The Orange and Alexandria Railroad, which linked Alexandria, Va., to points west and south, was the most bitterly contested route in the first railroad war. The Battle of Bull Run …
Read more ›What about deterrence in an era of cyberwar?
By Peter W. Singer and Allan Friedman
This is an excerpt from Singer and Friedman’s new book, “Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know,” released Monday by Oxford University Press. Another …
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How can we better prepare for cyber incidents?
By Peter W. Singer and Allan Friedman
This is an excerpt from Singer and Friedman’s new book, “Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to …
Read more ›Unmanned naval warfare: Retrospect & prospect
By Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Armstrong
As dawn rose on the warring fleets, the Chinese admiral who commanded the smaller force prepared his unmanned systems for combat. His enemy’s fleet was enormous, the …
Read more ›Cut, stretch, and protect: Building the future armed forces
By Joseph J. Collins
Despite recent relief, a trillion dollars of defense budget cuts in the next decade will demand “new” or at least different ways to accomplish old tasks. A recent …
Read more ›Senkakus = Berlin? | The Army’s weak arguments | “Invisible” Hagel
Posted by Bradley Peniston
Interesting parallels: “The Senkaku Islands as Cold War Berlin” by Zachary Keck (The Diplomat)
“The Army is fighting a budget battle by pretending it’s fighting a strategy battle,” …
Read more ›Judge raps NSA | Top 100 influencers | Terror stats
A U.S. District Court judge finds that the NSA’ phone metadata gathering appears to violate the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. (Politico)
Defense News has a list of the …
Read more ›1944: Improve our tanks
From the archive: December 16, 1944
Here’s a letter to the editor from an unnamed lieutenant colonel.
U.S. vs. German tanks
An article in the August 5[, 1944,] issue of the Journal …
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