The Death of Duty
My latest column on Military.com is up after a bit of a delay. Here’s a teaser:
During the run up to and early stages of the Iraq War, a debate raged in America on the role of uniformed military leaders during the political preparations for conflict. As military officers, both active and retired, offered their opinions on the wisdom and execution of the war, opposing choruses of voices rose alternately condemning these officers’ temerity or praising their courage. In the years that followed, the debate cooled to a simmer and receded to predominantly scholarly and military circles, but it recently broke out in full view in the pages of Foreign Affairs between scholars, statesmen and a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
There’s some rather incoherent diatribe in the forum on it, too.
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Bio: I am currently a Professor of Security Studies, hold a BS in Management and an MA in National Security Studies, and am pursuing an MA in Systematic and Philosophical Theology. I've written for Navy Times, Proceedings, Armed Forces Journal and a number of blogs. As a 24-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve, I attained the rank of Commander, deployed five times for four different conflicts and served as a Foreign Area Officer and a Surface Warfare Officer. During my 7 years in the private sector, I worked in the fields of information technology and publishing, and even ran for public office once.
