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Lecturer at @DefenceResearch @KingsCollegeLon - History & Strategy - book with @OUPHistory #FearofInvasion - Views my own.
Apr 17, 2019 8 tweets 2 min read
Great post on the need for independent and radical thought in the armed forces & the challenges to encouraging/accessing it. There are some things within this worth unpacking, though. First, there is a distinction difference between a culture of pragmatism and one of anti-intellectualism. They sometimes overlap, I agree, and ruthlessly demanding the benefits of education/thought to be measurable in