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Leadership Strategy and Tactics by Jocko Willink One particular aspect of Willink’s book, that he establishes up front, is that he wants this book to be treated more like a reference tool. Something that you, the reader, can keep handy and refer back to if you have any quandaries about what to do in a leadership dilemma. While much of the book is narrative, telling his own stories of the things he has experienced and witnessed throughout his career, the way the book is outlined does allow for it to be treated like a reference. Though you need to dig through the narrative of how he comes to determine how a particular leadership principle or tenet works, rather than simply stating them outright. Regardless, the book is written to refer to individual leadership dilemmas and how to work through them. So, instead of simply going through all of them and defeating the purpose of reading his book, I have selected a few choice problems and solutions he has posited and will discuss them from the civil-military angle that War Is My Business likes to use. Written Book Review: https://warismybusiness.com/leadership-strategy-and-tactics Buy Leadership Strategy and Tactics https://amzn.to/3mFiHt0 Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: "We Own The Night - Training with U.S. and Australian Special Operations Forces" https://www.dvidshub.net/video/305366/we-own-night-training-with-us-and-australian-special-operations-forces "Jocko Willink's Lessons in Leadership promo" Video by Austin Rooney https://www.dvidshub.net/video/774558/jocko-willinks-lessons-leadership-promo "Jocko Willink Interview" Video by Staff Sgt. Alan Brutus https://www.dvidshub.net/video/718744/jocko-willink-interview "Jocko Willink visits 25th ID" Video by Spc. Valencia McNeal https://www.dvidshub.net/video/719150/jocko-willink-visits-25th-id "Freedom Journal Iraq 555" Hosted by Tech Sgt. Chris Vadnais https://www.dvidshub.net/video/20288/freedom-journal-iraq-555 _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

Extreme Ownership: How US Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin From Jocko Wilnick, the New York Times best selling author of Discipline Equals Freedom and Leadership Strategy and Tactics, an updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special forces unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life. Now with an excerpt from the authors' new book, THE DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP. Combat, the most intense and dynamic environment imaginable, teaches the toughest leadership lessons, with absolutely everything at stake. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin learned this reality first-hand on the most violent and dangerous battlefield in Iraq. As leaders of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, their mission was one many thought impossible: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a violent, insurgent-held city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping, firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories, they learned that leadership―at every level―is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails. Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training to pass on their harsh lessons of self-discipline, mental toughness and self-defense learned in combat to help forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After leaving the SEAL Teams, they launched a company, Echelon Front, to teach those same leadership principles to leaders in businesses, companies, and organizations across the civilian sector. Since that time, they have trained countless leaders and worked with hundreds of companies in virtually every industry across the U.S. and internationally, teaching them how to develop their own high-performance teams and most effectively lead those teams to dominate their battlefields. Since it’s release in October 2015, Extreme Ownership has revolutionized leadership development and set a new standard for literature on the subject. Required reading for many of the most successful organizations, it has become an integral part of the official leadership training programs for scores of business teams, military units, and first responders. Detailing the resilient mindset and total focus principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult combat missions, Extreme Ownership demonstrates how to apply them to any team or organization, in any leadership environment. A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win. Written Book Review: https://warismybusiness.com/extreme-ownership Buy Extreme Ownership: https://amzn.to/3xWdlyR Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Videos: "Extreme Ownership MUSTER | 005" by Echelon Front https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IW1XjIr3u4 "Echelon Front - Premiere Leadership Consultancy" by Echelon Front https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_at1OQvMqjI "Where Did Extreme Ownership Come From?" by Echelon Front https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjQPYt8zCXc _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

True Faith and Allegiance: The Burden of Military Ethics by James H. Toner PhD Toner discusses how the uniqueness of the military profession creates a set of expectations of the warfighter during military operations. How they should engage with enemy combatants and noncombatants, and the codes and traditions that history has shaped for them. Societies develop cultures through shared experiences, and those cultures develop norms that manifest in specific ways for its warfighters; the ethics that they must follow or be judged to have violated. It is from the way that militaries develop their codes and ethics that businesses can learn to adapt. Since the consequences of warfare are naturally more severe than that of business ventures, businesses can still suffer from unethical behavior. Learning the ways in which warriors shape their traditions so that its people can act as moral agents under the extreme duress of combat, can also be taught to your people. Toner will cover what makes the military profession different from that of others. He will discuss the nature of the United States Military and its government. How to train ethical responses into your people and how to shape their educational curriculum. It is a quick and easy read, and its greatest value is in how to assess ethical quandaries and act accordingly. Perfect for decision-makers. He identities that social norms are for the betterment of society, and ethics becomes a tool to ensure that individual and group behavior don't work against them. He states, "As a moral philosophy, ethics is about trying to separate right from wrong, honor from shame, virtue from vice." Ethics is used to harm those that work against the whole, and since humans are social creatures, we desire to fall in line lest we damage our reputation and socially ostracize ourselves. We feel it is "right" to support a norm, while it is "wrong" to violate it. We feel it is "honorable" to act at your own expense, while it is "shameful" to do it at the expense of others. We feel it is "virtuous" to impose self-control and reason behind our actions, while it is "vicious" to act uncontrollably or unreasonably. It is understandable that social creatures, like humans, would evolve to develop socially beneficial paradigms like this, as the collective effort to follow norms through an informal application of ethics provides an overall positive outcome to the advancement of societies. That being said, Toner identifies four sources of ethics that we use to judge the action of others. "It is important to note that ethical conduct normally is based upon a wise blending of customs, rules, outcomes, and circumstances. Blindly following the dictates of one source alone can lead to trouble." Whether an action is ethical or not is difficult to determine due to the many variables that go into the decision to act. With these four categories, we have a process to determine whether specific actions we could take Written Book Review: https://warismybusiness.com/true-faith-and-allegiance Buy Dereliction of Duty https://amzn.to/3aklHDG Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: Heritage Today - Ethics Video by Billy Barth https://www.dvidshub.net/video/754392/heritage-today-ethics Living the Army Ethic - Why and How We Serve Video by Chief Warrant Officer Cory Mcdonald https://www.dvidshub.net/video/766024/living-army-ethic-why-and-we-serve _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations by Michael Walzer PhD Walzer discusses the conditions that make warfare, its waging and conduct, either just or unjust. It is about the decision making process of those senior civilian and military leaders that have to determine the courses of action that may lead to war, as well as the junior military leaders and their warfighters who have to actually carry out the fighting. How do they achieve their military objectives while not causing excessive harm to non-combatants? How can a soldier, who is under the most significant stress a human can endure, make ethical decisions? When presented with multiple courses of action, each having their moral quandaries, which courses should you take? The market has unique variables, and the consequences for failure are not as devastating as one sees during warfare. Nonetheless, businesses have their own ethical quandaries and face similar dilemmas like the ones that Walzer presents. Business is about influencing other humans and shaping our environments for our benefit, just as it is in combat, and as a result, looking through some of the examples that the author presents can provide us with surrogates for the private sector. The effects of a poor business decision can devastate lives just as much as a military action, but what can you do to mitigate it? Walzer has his ways to determine what is best. Something that you can take from the military sphere and apply it to your own. Like other discussions on the ethics of warfare, Walzer points to the philosophical and political perspectives that should outline what makes engaging in war just or unjust. Either in the right to go to war: jus ad bellum, or in its just conduct: jus in bello. This book expounds on those two aspects in great detail, and here I will try to provide a quick glimpse of what you should come to expect when reading through his chapters. Written Book Review: https://warismybusiness.com/just-and-unjust-wars Buy Dereliction of Duty https://amzn.to/2VMfXi3 Buy Management Revised Edition by Peter Drucker https://amzn.to/3eJBHEd Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: OIR Airstrike Destroys ISIS Tunnel by Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve https://www.dvidshub.net/video/535579/oir-airstrike-destroys-isis-tunnel Coalition airstrike destroys an ISIS oil wellhead near Al Mayadin, Syria by Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve https://www.dvidshub.net/video/524398/coalition-airstrike-destroys-isis-oil-wellhead-near-al-mayadin-syria Battleground: SAC Semiannual Film Report https://www.dvidshub.net/video/151918/battleground-sac-semiannual-film-report Battleground: Combat Bulletins #112 & 113 https://www.dvidshub.net/video/151983/battleground-combat-bulletins-112-113 _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations by Samuel P. Huntington If the subtitle of this book didn’t give it away The Soldier and the State's primary focus is on the relationship between a government, its people, and the military that provides its security. The book, however, goes into more than just how they related to one another, but in how they shape each other in their functions; for better or worse. I would say that this represents one of those foundational works to which all future arguments on civil-military relations reference to some effect. It is well researched and beautifully written, and studying its chapters will strengthen your ability to comprehend topics on civil-military affairs. Huntington, by necessity, begins by discussing how the military is a profession, similar to other professions, with its own unique characteristics. He discusses the profession's rise within Europe as the armies and navies of their countries slowly found the value of dedicated professionals trained in the art of warfare whose primary concern was for the security of the state. They were abandoning the past emphasis on officership being the sole domain of the aristocracy, which itself saw service as a way for personal honor and prestige. The new system was based on the education and training of those of all classes of society whose concern was for their state. Written Book Review: https://warismybusiness.com/the-soldier-and-the-state Buy The Soldier and the State https://amzn.to/2Ty4csu Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: Battleground: The American Soldier in Combat https://www.dvidshub.net/video/152144/battleground-american-soldier-combat Battleground: The Pentagon https://www.dvidshub.net/video/154137/battleground-pentagon _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptKAKOXX5NEa8sFLdxOKog ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​

The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin After the publication of Extreme Ownership, the authors, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, began to notice a new problem arise amongst their students. While it fixed many of the problems businesses were seeing. Some took it to an extreme. Possibly as a consequence of the name Extreme Ownership containing the word “extreme.” Most things in the world require balance, but people either do too little or too much. Extreme Ownership was written for those that were doing too little in the way of leading their organizations. This book, The Dichotomy of Leadership, was a response to seeing people begin to take things too far to the other end of the leadership spectrum. This entire book is about balancing the various responsibilities of leadership. Every chapter, except the introduction, covers some type of issue that requires balance. Like their other books, they first discuss an experience they had while leading training evolutions or in combat in Iraq. These experiences lead into a discussion about a particular principle which in turn leads into an actual anecdote of teaching and applying this to the businesses of their clients. Usually, the business scenario occurs as a result of a student or organization taking a principle of Extreme Ownership to such an extreme that Jocko of Leif have to rein them in and balance them back out. Written Book Review: https://warismybusiness.com/the-dichotomy-of-leadership Buy The Dichotomy of Leadership https://amzn.to/3ptKZcJ #ad Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: "Sharing Leadership" Video by Staff Sgt. James Walker https://www.dvidshub.net/video/501833/sharing-leadership "Jocko's Personal Brand is Apparently Incidental. This is Why." from Jocko Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1RlHg5wb_4 The Lost Battalion (2001) _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

On opposing banks of a river - Soldiers and civilians wait. The rushing water divides them - How to bridge it, they debate. Soldiers speak a language - That civvies don’t understand. They have codes, values, and ethics - With orders down from Command. The civilians are more independent - And business-oriented as well. They have their products, and their services - And their important clientele. With so many apparent differences - Bridging this divide seems very tough. But then a Soldier walks forward - Into the water, sure enough! The Soldier calls out to both and states - “The learning curve may seem steep.” “The river may be wide,” he says - “But it's only ankle-deep.” ___________________________________ https://warismybusiness.com Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/ ●YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptKAKOXX5NEa8sFLdxOKog #poem #poetry #shorts #civilmilitary

On War by Carl von Clausewitz On War was first published in 1832, at a time when muskets and cavalry were a dominating presence on the battlefield. Yet in the 21st century, it remains a much-valued and studied treatise on the subject - perhaps the most important European classic of its kind - and this despite the author’s demise before he could finish what was an extended review of the whole subject of military strategy. Why is that? As Louise Willmot, lecturer in history, Open University, explains in her lucid introduction, because ‘it was the first to propose a comprehensive theory applicable to every stage of military history and practice’. Vom Kriege, to give it its original German title, is in effect ‘a study of war in its entirety’. Carl Maria von Clausewitz (1780-1831) served in the Prussian army during the wars against Napoleonic France. He also served with the Russian army and then again in the Prussian army under Blücher during the final push against Napoleon. He was, in part, prompted to write On War following the initial successes of Napoleon. Clausewitz presents a simple definition of war as ‘an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will’. But he goes further to suggest two types of war: first, ‘absolute’ war, which only ends in the complete victory of one side over another; there is no place for moderation. Second, ‘limited’ war, which takes into account political realities: war is ‘simply the continuation of policy by other means’. Though not considering the moral issues of war, Clausewitz does advocate taking a rational objective in protecting the state and its interests. As a result, in war, military men should never be allowed to preside over the political purpose. The decision to publish Clausewitz’s text despite it being unfinished (he died unexpectedly of cholera at the age of 51) was taken by his widow, Marie von Clausewitz. On War contains the six complete books along with the substantial ‘sketches’ for book VII and book VIII. The overall plan is as follows: book I, On the Nature of War; book II, On the Theory of War; book III, Of Strategy in General; book IV, The Combat; book V, Military Forces; book VI, Defence; Sketches for book VII, The Attack; Sketches for book VIII, Plan of War. Written Book Review: https://www.warismybusiness.com/on-war Buy On War https://amzn.to/3IbK1vv Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: 2IBCT Fire Support Coordination Exercise https://www.dvidshub.net/video/725208/2ibct-fire-support-coordination-exercise Battleground: Global War https://www.dvidshub.net/video/152156/battleground-global-war Battleground: Marines '65 https://www.dvidshub.net/video/154112/battleground-marines-65 _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptKAKOXX5NEa8sFLdxOKog ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

Warriors & Citizens: American Views of our Military by General James (Jim) Mattis & Kori Schake "The American public may know little about the military, but we recognize that it is the only reasonably well-functioning public institution we have these days. We do not trust Congress, and the budgets of civilian foreign policy agencies have taken a beating, along with their capabilities. Faced with problems, we send in the troops - after all, who else can we send? Unlike any other part of the government, the U.S. military can be relied on to go where it is told and do what it is asked - or die trying.” The previous quote by Rosa Brooks, in her chapter "Civil-Military Paradoxes," underlies a serious problem within the United States. The problem is that the American people have such great trust in our military and so little trust in other federal institutions, that the military is the go-to instrument for many foreign policy concerns. It isn't a bad thing that our people have put their faith in our efforts, but - to paraphrase a well-known allegory - when your most reliable and useful tool is the military, all your problems are treated like battles. What this book offers to the general public is an understanding of the potential dangers of being ignorant about the ways and means of our nation's military. For businesses, this book can offer a glimpse into problems that could arise when you rely too much on one characteristic of your business. One department that has always performed so reliably that you redirect funding to the detriment of others. You will find an allegory for failing to properly get your entire organization or customer-base on board with a decision as well as the problems that can arise when you try to influence the internal policies and procedures of a uniquely different department. You will also find the danger of entitlement that star performers and their departments may have - all at the expense of the organization's long-term goals. Before we discuss examples for business any further, as usual, let's look at the contents of this book. Written Book Review: https://warismybusiness.com/warriors-and-citizens Buy Warriors & Citizens - https://amzn.to/2WwQPOy Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: CASEVAC B-Roll https://www.dvidshub.net/video/799526/casevac-b-roll MAAW B-roll https://www.dvidshub.net/video/805257/maaw-b-roll Mattis, Townsend, McGurk Brief Reporters in Iraq https://www.dvidshub.net/video/545105/mattis-townsend-mcgurk-brief-reporters-iraq _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness ●YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptKAKOXX5NEa8sFLdxOKog ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043 ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/bMuLju8n8P5h/

Dereliction of Duty by H.R. McMaster, Lt. Gen USA (RET) In Dereliction of Duty, McMaster focuses primarily on the senior civilian and military leaders who steered the United States towards its increased involvement in the Vietnam conflict and the numerous factors that had led them to do so. He showcases the flaws of the men that were ultimately in charge of shaping a nation’s course of action, and how the dynamic relationships that they had with each other impacted foreign policy decisions. With the release of The Pentagon Papers, and their memoirs, McMaster was able to derive the motives and opinions of these men. It provides a cautionary tale for the deciding bodies of business organizations, as much as it does for the United States and other nations. While reading or listening to Dereliction of Duty you will see common patterns that McMaster was able to identify from the declassified documents and memorandums found within The Pentagon Papers. There is a body of civilian leaders, focused on domestic matters, and convinced of their superiority over their military advisors, in spite of military realities. There is a body of military leaders unable to communicate these realities effectively as a result of their service rivalries, competing loyalties, and the game of politics found in Washington. What I propose that business leaders, executives, owners, managers, etc. can glean from this book is how dangerous a body of decision-makers and their advisors can be if not unified in their efforts. Imagine what would occur if the chief executive of operations disregarded advice on the distribution of a new product from their primary logistics officer. The problems that might arise if the head of product research and development thought that they knew better about what customers want than the heads of marketing and customer relations. The issues that would occur if key department managers, seeing critical problems and failures that could arise in their areas, were too afraid to voice their opinion or only told the boss what they wanted to hear. In a sense, you get a Vietnam-scenario, in which a deciding body undertakes a course of action that is misdirected and dangerous to the company. Written Book Review: https://warismybusiness.com/dereliction-of-duty Buy Dereliction of Duty https://amzn.to/2PCe7MI​ Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Footage from Battleground: Vietnam download here: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/151447/battleground-day-vietnam _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon by Rosa Brooks Once, war was a temporary state of affairs—a violent but brief interlude between times of peace. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear uniforms, and virtually anything can become a weapon. As war expands, so does the role of the US military. Today, military personnel don’t just “kill people and break stuff.” Instead, they analyze computer code, train Afghan judges, build Ebola isolation wards, eavesdrop on electronic communications, develop soap operas, and patrol for pirates. You name it, the military does it. Rosa Brooks traces this seismic shift in how America wages war from an unconventional perspective—that of a former top Pentagon official who is the daughter of two anti-war protesters and a human rights activist married to an Army Green Beret. Her experiences lead her to an urgent warning: When the boundaries around war disappear, we risk destroying America’s founding values and the laws and institutions we’ve built—and undermining the international rules and organizations that keep our world from sliding towards chaos. If Russia and China have recently grown bolder in their foreign adventures, it’s no accident; US precedents have paved the way for the increasingly unconstrained use of military power by states around the globe. Meanwhile, we continue to pile new tasks onto the military, making it increasingly ill-prepared for the threats America will face in the years to come. By turns a memoir, a work of journalism, a scholarly exploration into history, anthropology and law, and a rallying cry, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything transforms the familiar into the alien, showing us that the culture we inhabit is reshaping us in ways we may suspect, but don’t really understand. It’s the kind of book that will leave you moved, astonished, and profoundly disturbed, for the world around us is quietly changing beyond recognition—and time is running out to make things right. Written Book Review: https://www.warismybusiness.com/how-everything-became-war-and-the-military-became-everything Buy How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon - https://amzn.to/2WU6mpB Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: History of the Pentagon by Honey Shewbert https://www.dvidshub.net/video/643905/history-pentagon Ambient Music: The Acient Glade by Andrew Prahlow ____ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptKAKOXX5NEa8sFLdxOKog ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges General George S. Patton famously said, "Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God, I do love it so!" Though Patton was a notoriously single-minded general, it is nonetheless a sad fact that war gives meaning to many lives, a fact with which we have become familiar now that America is once again engaged in a military conflict. War is an enticing elixir. It gives us purpose, resolve, a cause. It allows us to be noble. Chris Hedges of The New York Times has seen war up close -- in the Balkans, the Middle East, and Central America -- and he has been troubled by what he has seen: friends, enemies, colleagues, and strangers intoxicated and even addicted to war's heady brew. In War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, he tackles the ugly truths about humanity's love affair with war, offering a sophisticated, nuanced, intelligent meditation on the subject that is also gritty, powerful, and unforgettable. Written Book Review https://www.warismybusiness.com/war-is-a-force-that-gives-us-meaning Buy War Is A Force That Gives Us Command https://amzn.to/3RIhjn6 Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: Bosnia-Herzegovina SIPA SUU with 10th Special Forces Group Video by Spc. Mercedes Johnson https://www.dvidshub.net/video/862997/bosnia-herzegovina-sipa-suu-with-10th-special-forces-group Adriatic Strike (B-Roll) Video by Davide Dalla Massara https://www.dvidshub.net/video/795719/adriatic-strike-b-roll Balkan Sentinel Multi-National LFX Bulgaria 30 May Video by Staff Sgt. Michael Gresso https://www.dvidshub.net/video/799385/balkan-sentinel-multi-national-lfx-bulgaria-30-may Agile Spirit 14: Cordon and Search B-Roll Video by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda https://www.dvidshub.net/video/344053/agile-spirit-14-cordon-and-search-b-roll Use of DVIDS videos doesn't represent endorsement by the US DOD of this video. Ambient Music: The Ancient Glade by Andrew Prahlow _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptKAKOXX5NEa8sFLdxOKog ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace by LT COL Dave Grossman Grossman’s book, On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace, provides the reader – or listener of the audiobook – a glimpse of the human being under times of high stress and psychological trauma. We can learn what to expect when we or others become involved in these situations and can even begin to analyze and speculate others' actions. You begin to see why people act illogically, why a police officer may mistake a wallet or phone for a weapon, and why people who have to kill are constantly trying to justify the reasons why. Additionally, you see why people sometimes end their own lives many years after a psychologically traumatic event – seeing the signs and methods for helping others deal with the trauma. The battlefield is a unique environment that most businesspersons will never come close to experiencing. But you may have employees that have experienced it, and this book may help you understand them. You may be exposed to traumatic events at work or in your personal lives, and this book will help you and those you care about survive the incident and deal with the aftermath. You also learn more about the human condition and the strengths and weaknesses of the human mind and body – how it evolved within our socially-oriented species. Supported by various studies and anecdotal stories, I find this book very enjoyable and would highly suggest you pick it up. Written Book Review: https://warismybusiness.com/on-combat Buy On Combat https://amzn.to/3iPAv1R Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: "Train for Stress, Train to Fight" by Sgt. Brittany Conley https://www.dvidshub.net/video/299969/train-stress-train-fight "Dave Grossman: 'Bulletproof Mind' " from Cannon Air Force Base https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RDCtMEHFLM #leadership #business #military #businessdevelopment _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

Leadership In The Shadows by SGM Kyle Lamb There is an aspect of this book that is different from others on the market. The structure of these morsels is short and to the point - very much an element of military writing - brevity, and clear purpose. While other military leadership books are full of narrative and exposition that eventually lead to the discussion of the topic at hand, this author is able to discuss and closeout topics in as little as 3-5 pages on many of the chapters. Additionally, at the close of every chapter, he has placed a “lessons learned” section that provides a bulleted, single-sentence wrap-up of the topics covered in that chapter. For me personally, I am the type of person that not only underlines concepts in a book, but I also write out my thoughts in the margins and then rewrites all those thoughts at the white space at the end of a chapter - a wrap up of my own. I was pleasantly surprised that the author already did this for me. For the majority of this book, I didn’t need to write any notes at the chapter’s close, as the author’s summation of his own points was sufficient. It makes referring back to the concepts of each chapter much easier later down the road - such as the writing of this review. Written Book Review: https://warismybusiness.com/leadership-in-the-shadows Buy Leadership In The Shadows https://amzn.to/3Gbowqd Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: "Special Forces Anniversary" by Spc. Julie Driver https://www.dvidshub.net/video/671874/special-forces-anniversary "Special Forces Birthday" by Spc. Daymeon Evans https://www.dvidshub.net/video/595393/special-forces-birthday "Guard Special Forces- Chapter Three" by Sgt. 1st Class Adam Fischman https://www.dvidshub.net/video/641056/guard-special-forces-chapter-three "Dacian Warhawk JTAC Special Forces BRoll" by Airman 1st Class Austin Siegel https://www.dvidshub.net/video/397001/dacian-warhawk-jtac-special-forces-broll "Special Forces - A Smaller Footprint; B-roll" by Natochannel https://www.dvidshub.net/video/344238/special-forces-smaller-footprint-b-roll "Special Operations Forces Conduct Demonstration" by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Feddersen https://www.dvidshub.net/video/465966/special-operations-forces-conduct-demonstration "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement." _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

Supreme Command by Eliot A. Cohen The orthodoxy regarding the relationship between politicians and military leaders in wartime democracies contends that politicians should declare a military operation's objectives and then step aside and leave the business of war to the military. In this timely and controversial examination of civilian-military relations in wartime democracies, Eliot A. Cohen chips away at this time-honored belief with case studies of statesmen who dared to prod, provoke, and even defy their military officers to great effect. Using the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion to build his argument, Cohen offers compelling proof that, as Clemenceau put it, “War is too important to leave to the generals.” By examining the shared leadership traits of four politicians who triumphed in extraordinarily varied military campaigns, Cohen argues that active statesmen make the best wartime leaders, pushing their military subordinates to succeed where they might have failed if left to their own devices. Thought provoking and soundly argued, Cohen's Supreme Command is essential reading not only for military and political players but also for informed citizens and anyone interested in leadership. Written Book Review:https://www.warismybusiness.com/supreme-command Buy Supreme Command https://amzn.to/2VA4ZMg Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: Battleground: The Invasion of Southern France https://www.dvidshub.net/video/152011/battleground-invasion-southern-france _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptKAKOXX5NEa8sFLdxOKog ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power & the Necessity of Military Force by Eliot A. Cohen "Speak softly and carry a big stick" Theodore Roosevelt famously said in 1901, when the United States was emerging as a great power. It was the right sentiment, perhaps, in an age of imperial rivalry but today many Americans doubt the utility of their global military presence, thinking it outdated, unnecessary or even dangerous. In The Big Stick, Eliot A. Cohen-a scholar and practitioner of international relations-disagrees. He argues that hard power remains essential for American foreign policy. While acknowledging that the US must be careful about why, when, and how it uses force, he insists that its international role is as critical as ever, and armed force is vital to that role. Cohen explains that American leaders must learn to use hard power in new ways and for new circumstances. The rise of a well-armed China, Russia's conquest of Crimea and eastern Ukraine, nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran, and the spread of radical Islamist movements like ISIS are some of the key threats to global peace. If the United States relinquishes its position as a strong but prudent military power, and fails to accept its role as the guardian of a stable world order we run the risk of unleashing disorder, violence and tyranny on a scale not seen since the 1930s. The US is still, as Madeleine Albright once dubbed it, "the indispensable nation." Written Book Review https://www.warismybusiness.com/the-big-stick Buy Supreme Command https://amzn.to/3cgG5ax Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Background Video: Battleground: Fleets in Being https://www.dvidshub.net/video/151999/battleground-fleets-being _____________________________________________________________________ Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: ●Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptKAKOXX5NEa8sFLdxOKog ●Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness​​ ●LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business​ ●Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/​​ ●Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043​​ ●Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

Just War Reconsidered by James M. Dubik, Lt. Gen USA (RET) Dubik focuses mainly on addressing senior political and military leaders and those in managerial positions that have the responsibility to lead and contribute to important war-waging dialogue. Similarly, for-profit or non-profit businesses, their owners, chief executives, and leaders charged with providing subject matter expertise or managerial oversight into the decision-making processes of that business would find value in what Dubik has written. If you or your people are in charge of developing courses of action for your organization then there are valuable commonalities between Dubik’s war-waging responsibilities and your business plans. Buy Just War Reconsidered https://amzn.to/39fx27R Each purchase from this link helps War Is My Business with a small referral fee provided to us by Amazon as their affiliate. By buying the book from this link, you indirectly help us out. Check out and subscribe to our other social media sites to help us out: Website: https://warismybusiness.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/WarIsMyBusiness Twitter: https://twitter.com/WarIsMyBusiness LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/war-is-my-business YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptKAKOXX5NEa8sFLdxOKog Minds: https://www.minds.com/warismybusiness/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-611043 Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/warismybusiness/

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