Thread by @GrayConnolly

Very interesting discussion on a new book, "The Imperial Russian Army in Peace, War, and Revolution, 1856-1917" - the enormity of the Russian imperial armies, their recruiting & command structures is fascinating, as well as lessons learned from Japan war
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Left: then General Sir Bernard Montgomery's 1 page plan for D-Day in 1944 (WW2 ended in victory less than one year later).

Right: former General Stanley McChrystal's plan for Afghanistan in 2011 (this war has been going for ~20 years & no 'victory' is remotely in sight).

Superb presentation @Hillsdale by @ArthurLHerman on "Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior", covering the man who would become General MacArthur from his childhood through his many Wars and to his confrontations with at least two US Presidents.

Letter to the US President Lyndon Johnson from General Francisco Franco, Spain's Caudillo, on the subject of the Vietnam War. The observations of Franco (who had fought in colonial wars) about not just Chinese expansionism, but Russia and Vietnam, in the 1960s, are prescient.

William F. Buckley speaking in 1990 to Prince Nicholas, then head of the Romanov family, on Russian history & Russia's outlook on the world. Careful viewers will note a remarkable continuity of issues and outlook that persists to this day. #Realpolitik