Machiavelli and our Wars in the Middle East

Riley.C.Murray — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:57:45 +0000

Machiavelli and our Wars in the Middle East Riley.C.Murray Tue, 07/20/2021 - 12:57pm

The upcoming twentieth anniversary of the September 11th attacks and the recent passing of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld require thoughtful attention as the nation completes its final troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending the longest war in U.S. history. The war in Afghanistan and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Syria have shaped my generation's cultural image, similar to the Vietnam War's generation. In both instances, the U.S. entered the wars believing its martial superiority ensured victory and ended each war wondering what went wrong.

Deconstructing Society: Clausewitz vs. Machiavelli

SWJED — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:37:37 +0000

Deconstructing Society: Clausewitz vs. Machiavelli SWJED Sun, 02/12/2017 - 7:37pm

Line-on-line warfare of the past hasn’t evolved into something completely new; it’s the greater quantity of small action conflict we should burden our minds with.