Posted by Matt in April 17th, 2007 |
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Today’s crop of political leaders lacks the military experience to recognize the importance of maritime power.
Yet there is a lot to be said for militarism where military matters are concerned. The besetting problem of Britain and the United States before 1914 and again before 1939 was the tendency to leave decisions about grand strategy to [...]
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