From the mind of the inestimable Vago Muradian, this should be next on your reading list. It's less juicy than it sounds.
Vago hosts a defense issues show on the local (DC) ABC affiliate, which goes head to head with Meet the Press on Sunday mornings. Nobody watches it. I don't watch it, though David Gregory's warm milk and second-rate guest list has me sorely tempted to switch.
And yet I admire Vago's singular focus and be-medalled friends, and I like the fancy ships and tanks which roll across his screens. I like the idea that someone is watching the impenetrable DoD, interviewing its flaks and questioning its priorities. And I want him to do more, and better.
For now, though, I will read the book he recommended, and suggest that everybody do the same. Did you know that (according to Vago) the US Navy war-gamed a carrier attack on Pearl Harbor in 1931? It was a smashing success (for the offense), but someone cried foul and the lessons were lost. Vago says it could happen again, and so we should all read 7 Deadly Scenarios by Andrew Krepinevitch, Jr.
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