Reposted by @tamir-libel.bsky.social
In the new @Strategy_Bridge podcast our host @prbeckman.bsky.social talks with Kevin Benson about his new book “Raising the Bar: The School of Advanced Military Studies and the Introduction of Operational Art into US Army Doctrine, 1983-1994.”
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