I was born in 1954 which makes me, I suppose, a member of the post-Vietnam generation. Here is how the war directly touched my life: I registered for the draft when I turned 18, and the following year I was given the lottery number of six. I remember summoning forth in myself at the time […]
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Thinking Like a Captain: How to Make General
An Army officer is most likely to catch sight of it when he’s a captain—four, four-and-a-half years out of West Point, edging into his late twenties, probably married, perhaps even with a child or two. It’s time for him to start thinking seriously about his life. The Academy obligated him to five years of service, […]
