this really isn't surprising. Like with business management theory, military tactical/strategic theory is always a bunch of common sense and inductive generalizations that are always in search of more serious theories. In management, there are all sorts of fads (BUSINESS WEEK denouced this phenomenon awhile back) and I wouldn't be surprised if military theory were the same way. I think the main role for these fads is to push managers/officers to think in new ways rather than to get stuck in the Maginot-line type rut of fighting the last war. It probably doesn't matter that much which theory is used (though queer theery likely won't help).
On 8/28/06, Walt Byars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Apparently this is an article an E-buddy scanned from Frieze magazine ( http://www.frieze.com/ ). I wondered if the IDF officer who was interviewed was just bullshitting the interviewer. Still interesting (and bizarre). The Art of War by Eyal Weizman The Israeli Defence Forces have been heavily influenced by contemporary philosophy, highlighting the fact that there is considerable overlap among theoretical texts deemed essential by military academies and architectural schools.
-- Jim Devine / "Self-exhaustion in war has killed more states than any foreign assailant." -- BH Liddell Hart.
