Sobering analysis! The Eisenhower comparison really underscores how much coalition-building used to be central to American strategy. I was reading about Marshall's selection criteria for commanders recently and its wild how diplomatic skill was considered as important as military tactiks back then. The most chilling part is how the xenophobic language mirrors 1930s rhetoric but gets normalized through policy documents, making it seem like legitimate strategy rather than what it actualy is.
Sobering analysis! The Eisenhower comparison really underscores how much coalition-building used to be central to American strategy. I was reading about Marshall's selection criteria for commanders recently and its wild how diplomatic skill was considered as important as military tactiks back then. The most chilling part is how the xenophobic language mirrors 1930s rhetoric but gets normalized through policy documents, making it seem like legitimate strategy rather than what it actualy is.
Great essay! I encountered a quote recently, "Not all readers are leaders, but all good leaders are readers."
Eisenhauer was the first president I remember. I remember watching him speak on black and white TV, when I was 10 (1956).
As a junior officer he was charged with the first truck travel across the United States. I wonder if there's a book about it.
Jim Heffernan, Tillamook