30 November 2017 -Trivento, Italy
by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk
The United States, like many countries, has been grappling with the lessons learned from its operations and campaigns. Some lessons are hard fought and won; others are forgotten and cause failures later on. Romaniuk examines the three levels of warfare: tactical, operational and strategic and comes to grips with some of the nuances of the post-9/11 operations, including Operation Iraqi Freedom and the subsequent rise of ISIS.
Feature photo / “3D Chess” – Max Pixel, 2017
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