Actually, Gautam, things are not as you describe them. Under the new traditions set in place by (once again)George Marshall, the US military is one of the few that has revolutionized and re-invented doctrines without having to undergo a defeat/trauma first.
They are undergoing another major re-invention as we speak. Oh, and the American senior officer corps is the third best educated group, after professors and doctors. > I'm kind of an agnostic on increasing the size of > the > military. Historically, I think, military reform > only > happens during times of great stress. Usually > that's > budget cutbacks (for example, the American military > during the budget cutbacks of the 1930s invented > amphibious warfare and strategic bombing), but since > those aren't too likely, I'm not sure (from an > abstract standpoint - obviously the strain on the > force is considerable and something we have to take > into account) that the pressure from this sort of > deployment isn't a little helpful in spurring the > pace > of reform. The military bureaucracy is so resistant > to change (for good reasons - that's a positive, not > a > normative statement) that something like that might > be > the only way to force them to accept it. > > ===== > Gautam Mukunda > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Freedom is not free" > http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. > Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ===== . . * Please note. My email address of many years is changing FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... (Or else use [EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
