Three Lessons for America From Fourth Generation War

A reader sends along William S. Lind's latest — The Fourth Generation Armies Are Winning. His three lessons "of overriding importance" in a nutshell: "1) So long as America pursues an offensive grand strategy, Fourth Generation war will ensure her defeat;" "2) Second Generation militaries cannot win Fourth Generation wars;" "3) There is no chance America will adopt a defensive grand strategy or reform its military to move from the Second to the Third Generation – a necessary though not sufficient step in confronting 4GW – so long as the current Washington Establishment remains in power."