tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post2215250713895688434..comments2023-10-28T03:27:48.415-07:00Comments on Books are my only friends: Something Iraq and Vietnam have in commonTripphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-8896758944126337202007-04-29T03:08:00.000-07:002007-04-29T03:08:00.000-07:00I'm feeling chummed.- nicI'm feeling chummed.<BR/><BR/>- nicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-77071955478904212082007-04-27T12:59:00.000-07:002007-04-27T12:59:00.000-07:00I think Ernest May in Strange Victory argued a sim...I think Ernest May in Strange Victory argued a similar point saying that the Wehrmacht had a few strategic cultures in conflict, one which stressed duty and one that stressed independent thought. May argued that the latter half were all fired.Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-10280464332074558922007-04-27T11:40:00.000-07:002007-04-27T11:40:00.000-07:00I think Walter Goerlitz similarly criticized the f...I think Walter Goerlitz similarly criticized the failure of the German General Staff to stand up to Hitler in WWII. As I recall, he laid this at the feet of the Prussian notions of duty and unquestioning obedience to authority that had been drilled into the organization from its inception.Brackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192217051455130379noreply@blogger.com