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Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it?
Excerpts from the book "The Rules of the Game" by Andrew Gordon in a review by Antony Preston in “Warship 1996.”
This book is about the organizational reasons why the Royal Navy did not clobber the German Navy at Jutland in 1916.
I was struck at how broad the applications of some of these observations were.
How do they apply to your particular situation?
"Military cultures impart doctrine by corporate ambiance as much as by explicit teaching.”
“Purveyors of technical systems will seek to define performance criteria and trials conditions.”
“The volume of (signal) traffic expands to meet capacity.”
“Heavy signaling, like copious orders, is symptomatic of doctrinal deficiency.”
“The promise of signaling fosters a neglect of doctrine.”
“Every proven military incompetent has previously displayed attributes which his superiors rewarded.”
“Peacetime highlights basic ‘primary’ skills to the neglect of more advanced, more lateral ‘secondary’ abilities, the former being easier to measure and more agreeable to superiors.”
This book is about the organizational reasons why the Royal Navy did not clobber the German Navy at Jutland in 1916.
I was struck at how broad the applications of some of these observations were.
How do they apply to your particular situation?
"Military cultures impart doctrine by corporate ambiance as much as by explicit teaching.”
“Purveyors of technical systems will seek to define performance criteria and trials conditions.”
“The volume of (signal) traffic expands to meet capacity.”
“Heavy signaling, like copious orders, is symptomatic of doctrinal deficiency.”
“The promise of signaling fosters a neglect of doctrine.”
“Every proven military incompetent has previously displayed attributes which his superiors rewarded.”
“Peacetime highlights basic ‘primary’ skills to the neglect of more advanced, more lateral ‘secondary’ abilities, the former being easier to measure and more agreeable to superiors.”
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The reviewer, Anthony Preston, just died.