JFK, McNamara, and Bloody Mary

Ask most combat veterans, and they will readily tell you that war is more art than science. The messy, chaotic, incomprehensible business of organized violence seems to defy science’s ability to draw meaningful predictions. Napoleon’s strategic brilliance is more often compared to Picasso than Einstein. For most of history, warfare was placed firmly in the … Continue reading JFK, McNamara, and Bloody Mary