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History That Doesn't Suck
The book was brought up to support the observation that the U.S. often has a less than great entry into conflicts, learning lessons from initial failures to fix things later. The speaker suggested that in the next war, the Army will not have the luxury of losing the first fight and recovering.
So there's a great book, America's first battles. I'm sure you've read it in your, you know, we, we kind of got a track record in the U S of not having a great entry into conflict.
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The book was brought up to support the observation that the U.S. often has a less than great entry into conflicts, learning lessons from initial failures to fix things later. The speaker suggested that in the next war, the Army will not have the luxury of losing the first fight and recovering.
So there's a great book, America's first battles. I'm sure you've read it in your, you know, we, we kind of got a track record in the U S of not having a great entry into conflict.