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Page 9 - are outside the military scope, the happier I will be. Sometimes I think I live ten years each week, of which at least nine are absorbed in political and economic matters.
Page 9 - that in the higher positions of a modern Army, Navy, and Air Force, rich organizational experience and an orderly, logical mind are absolutely essential to success,
Page 97 - to a structural change in the security environment, have acted to create a new promotion pathway for junior officers practicing a new way of war.
Page 31 - task to inform their electorates adequately about the reality of the international situation and the dilemmas of allied security. They have equally failed in their understanding of the psychology of mutual confidence in allied relations.
Page 31 - With respect to the need to maintain allied cohesion, national governments have failed in at least two areas. They have failed in many instances in
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Page 9 - to absorb the disappointments, the discouragements and the doubts of his subordinates and to force them on to accomplishments, which they regard as impossible.
Page 9 - be calm, clear, and determined—and in all commands, especially allied organizations, his success will be measured more by his ability to lead and persuade than by his adherence to fixed notions of arbitrary command practices.