Milstack Saturday (5 April 2025)
At the end of a short book review, Mark McGrath proposes ten questions that ought be treated like the ‘leadership traits and principles’ of the last century - printed in every manual, plastered on every wall, and painted on the risers of every flight of concrete stairs.
In his Notes on Annihilation, Ben Duval uses the examples provided by Saladin and Napoleon to remind us that ‘the difference between attrition and other forms of warfare does not lie in total quantity of destruction, after all, but in the exploitation of those brief windows of opportunity.’
In the course of showing us How World War II Frogmen Can Cure Modern Despair, Sam Alaimo provides us with a useful lesson in history, an introduction to Stoicism, and some truly beautiful prose.
In the report called Tactical Developments in the Third Year of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Nick Reynolds and Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute offer lots of details about the layout of defensive positions, infantry assaults, and, especially, drones. (My thanks to The School of War Reader for bringing this report to my attention.)
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