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Davy Crockett and the Boy Scouts: The Korean War and Mismanaging Protracted Conflict

January 3, 2025
Davy Crockett and the Boy Scouts: The Korean War and Mismanaging Protracted Conflict
Davy Crockett and the Boy Scouts: The Korean War and Mismanaging Protracted Conflict

Davy Crockett and the Boy Scouts: The Korean War and Mismanaging Protracted Conflict

Andrew Forney and Rick Landgraf
January 3, 2025

Rick Landgraf talks with Andrew Forney, author of “Davy Crockett and the Boy Scouts: The Korean War and Mismanaging Protracted Conflict,” featured in Volume 8, Issue 1 of the Texas National Security Review. They discuss how a series of strategic force management decisions undermined the ability of the United States to militarily coerce China and North Korea.

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