ALL AHEAD FLANK
Written to invite your thinking, these occasional essays offer my views on the wide stream of events and ideas carrying us forward. Reposted in Medium for a general audience, I look forward to longer exchanges here.
Real Diplomats Do Peace
iMP Magazine, July 2001 What the ambassador of 2015 needs to understand about war and peace today "Dazzling as the new technologies are, another sea change sweeping through the political-military world promises to transform the professional climate of the future...
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 unable to break...
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 asked...
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 U.S.S....