The Professor of War

• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Haven't read it yet, but have heard great things about it so far.
  Vanity Fair has an article written by Mark Bowden, the same guy who wrote Black Hawk Down and Guests of the Ayatollah, on General Petraeus.
  
  Here is one gem that was passed along to me:
  

  In academia you publish and subject your work to criticism and comment, and sometimes your ideas are shot down. It can be a humbling experience. In the military, you publish, and then you arm yourself for battle. If your ideas are wrong, you don’t just suffer criticism. People die

  It is long, but I figured, I'd pass it along.
  
  http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/05/petraeus-201005?printable=true
• Footwedge

  Something that chuckenhawk neocons don't really consider.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Finally read the piece this weekend. Very well done and captures General Petraeus in, I think a correct light. He is as close to a George Marshall as our generation is going to have.