Washington Post – Thomas Ricks on how T.E. Lawrence’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” contains important, but overlooked lessons for the Americans in Iraq.
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PBS Frontline – Gen. Thomas White (U.S. Army-Ret.) was Secretary of the Army from 2001 until April 2003, when he was fired by Donald Rumsfeld. In this interview, he talks about Rumsfeld’s leadership style and drive to remake the military, the Defense Department’s rigid control in planning for a post-war Iraq, and why he believes the Army is on the brink of being broken. “What we are all worried about is that the manpower situation will come unglued. ??? The Army is people; it’s not weapons or platforms. Somebody once said, ‘A soldier’s not in the Army; they are the Army.'”

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