REPORT: ADAPTABILITY AND DEMOCRACY

Anyone who isn't aware of the work of Maj. Don Vandergriff should read his blog compulsively. Vandergriff has worked for many years on making the Army more resilient and adaptable in the face of Fourth Generation threats. Vandergriff recently has gone online, and has been blogging up a storm on adaptability.

I'd like to highlight this entry in particular, as Vandergriff goes beyond a strictly military-institutional analysis to show us how groupthink and cheerleading can erode the greater virtue and political fortunes of political cultures.