Book Excerpt: To Best Understand the American Civil-Military Relationship, Look at Lines of Trust, Not of Authority
Editor’s note: MWI contributor Maj. Dan Maurer has a new book, Crisis, Agency, and Law in US...
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Dan Maurer | 05.12.17 | Commentary & Analysis
Editor’s note: MWI contributor Maj. Dan Maurer has a new book, Crisis, Agency, and Law in US...
Read MoreDan Maurer | 04.04.17 | Commentary & Analysis
Most of you reading this essay, I speculate, have a dim regard for failure. To you, failure is...
Read MoreDan Maurer | 03.02.17 | Commentary & Analysis
Dan Maurer explains that, while staff officers are not the “deciders” standing in front of unit formations, their role is vital, and truly succeeding as a commander’s advisor requires a unique type of creative thinking.
Read MoreDan Maurer | 08.22.16 | Commentary & Analysis
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, MWI Contributor Dan Maurer details an episode during the Civil War between President Lincoln and General Grant that demonstrates the importance of trust in strong civil-military relations.
Read MoreDan Maurer | 03.29.16 | Commentary & Analysis
We have many choices if we want to define and think about military innovation. Major Dan Maurer proposes that we can think of it better by thinking of Leonardo DiCaprio.
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