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It’s time to speak up for tactics. Being ‘tactical’ is often disparaged and considered a lesser activity than being strategic. Yet good strategy requires good tactics. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/in-…
Lawrence Freedman
@LawDavF
Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. just published Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine (UK Penguin, US OUP)
Joined May 2013
- Post today addresses the twin beliefs that AI can dispel the fog of war by making targeting more efficient but also increase it by providing adversaries with opportunities to pollute the information environment. It’s long but also free.
- Valuable reminder from @Samfr of how the wider economic context shapes political choices and why Thatcherism took the form it did. Fascinating material on the origins of the ‘big bang’ in the City and the early impact of North Sea Oil. (£/free trial),
- Latest post looks at distinctive strategies Russia and Ukraine are following as they step up long-range strikes against each other, looking at the consequences of Ukraine’s limited defences v missiles and the impact of its attacks on Wildberries. (£/free trial)
- My latest post looks at alarmist literature about security threats and how best to engage with it - from William Le Queux before WW1 to Graham Allison on nuclear terrorism and war with China to Anne Jacobsen on nuclear and biological war. (£/free trial), samf.substack.com/p/always-look-…?
