Chet keeps on rocking the free world
So I read Corn’s article but it turns out I haven’t got anything to add to Henrik’s analysis at the moment.
I got Chet Richards’ Neither Shall the Sword: Conflict in the Years Ahead yesterday and got a nice hour to dive into it this morning. I’m only a little ways in, but already I am impressed by Richards’ synthesis. He ties in Stephen Biddle’s excellent research on the nature of military capability (if you haven’t read Military Power, you have a real treat waiting for you) during his discussion of maneuver warfare, for example.
I shouldn’t be surprised, since Richards has a solid track record of inightful writing, combined with the sort of intellectual honesty and self-security that allows him to- *gasp* - change his thinking as new evidence and ideas arise.
…back to reading I happily go.
