Remodeling Defense: Think Prevention

Christian Science Monitor—July 2001 This was written just as the new George W. Bush team was settling into office. Back at Defense, Secretary Don Rumsfeld was starting to rearrange America’s military furniture. Sad to say, Rumsfeld’s overhaul has been...

Embracing Accountability: A Three-Point Fix

A lecture delivered at the US Navy Memorial Foundation—2001 THE RISKS AND PLEASURES OF BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE’S PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT Chatting with a sharp-looking Lieutenant Commander, a surface type, recently arrived in the Pentagon from sea duty, I...

The U.S.S. Indianapolis

Review of Three Books – 2001 In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors Doug Stanton, New York, Henry Holt & Company, 2001. 333pp. Index & bibliography. $25.00. Abandon Ship: The Saga of the...

Passing the Buck in Sub Drama

Christian Science Monitor – March 2001 My first op-ed for the wonderful Monitor, this explores another case of failed military accountability. (A personal note: thanks to the kind recruitment by Monitor staff writer Brad Knickerbocker. Then op-ed editor Linda...

Preventing State Failure

National Strategy Forum Review – Winter 2001 Issue PREVENTING STATE FAILURE—A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE…SOLDIERS? No matter how much we aficionados might wish it, Presidential campaigns seldom admit real debate on issues of substance in foreign policy. Among...