Book Review: The Fourth Star

The Fourth Star: Four Generals And The Epic Struggle For The Future Of The United States Army -- The Front Page

It’s a dusty axiom that generals have the bad habit of fighting the last war, rather than the one they’re engaged in.

After Vietnam, the U.S. Army took the opposite approach. From the quagmire of ‘Nam, the Army took the “lesson” that it should never again engage in another counter-insurgency effort —or even study how to fight one. (This, despite the fact that the U.S. had won the fight against the Viet Cong guerrillas by 1972, and its Special Forces knew exactly how to conduct such a war.)

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My Comment: This is a well written review. This book is definitely on my "too read" list for this summer.