Ep 080 "The Cargo Cult of Martial Belief, Wishcasting and Bloodshed"
Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast · Bill Buppert
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Show Notes
Episode 100!
Well, when I combine the 20 episodes of WarNotes with the CG podcasts but a chance to pop the bubbly anyway.
Today we discuss the critical lack of critical thinking that has led the US into the unenviable position of being an extraordinarily 20th century fighting force nor fit for purpose for 21st century peer combat.
It will get worse.
I'll offer some more recommendations and a path forward.
References:
Richard Feynman Cargo Cult speech at CalTech 1974
RAND wish-casting on drones in 2015.
Slaughterbots: if human: kill() (2021)
How are Drones Changing Modern Warfare?
Sun Tzu The Art of War
Carl von Clausewitz On War
Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
H. John Poole The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO’s Contribution to Warfare
Christian Brose The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare
Qiao Liang & Wang Xiangsui Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America
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