June 9, 2006

Critical Strategic Thought

It takes remarkable courage to speak out from within the system, particularly when you're at the pinnacle of the defense establishment's educational system for advanced training. Greg Foster, a decorated infantry company commander during the Vietnam War and for twenty two years a professor at the National Defense University in Washington—as expert an individual on civil-military relations as can be found—has important and troubling things to say about how we select our strategic priorities. I admire Greg for what he says and the classy way he says it, and I'm grateful to him for talking with me. (Please also take a look at his most recent article here, and two others here and here.) Total runtime of an hour and twenty minutes. Enjoy!