Quote Originally Posted by selil View Post
Somehow I don't think stupid and Gian P Gentile belong in the same sentence. .
I agree and would like to make sure there is not a misunderstanding.
I read Macgregors first book in 2006 and started reading Breaking the Phalanx shortly thereafter. Unfortunately the cop I was reading was borrowed from my boss and at some point my children managed to get hold of it. Needless to say it wasn't pretty. I bought another copy for him since the one he had was autographed and have been waiting for a return lecture in order to try and get it autographed.

Anyway I digress, I haven't finished reading it but I have mostly agreed with a lot of what he says. I simply find that we in the military must be careful in how we present analysis to those within the public because as they do not have our experience base from which to contextualize what they read we leave them to accept what they read along with any spin provided by the publishers sans our own common sense knowledge of factors which play into the long term situation.

In this I feel some of the wisdom is lost in the translation or lack thereof

As I believe I have stated before ,
I simply try to present what I think I know while expecting to be taught where I am wrong.