The selection of Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster to be President Trump’s new National Security Advisor has received near universal praise. But understanding why McMaster is highly regarded is another matter altogether. Here’s list of illuminating articles on McMaster that helps explain why he’s one of the military’s leading lights.
If you can only read one thing about McMaster to quickly understand his views on national security in the present moment, I’d recommend his 2013 New York Times op-ed “The Pipe Dream of Easy War.” In the piece, McMaster argues that the American military has become over-reliant on technological advantages, and, perhaps most importantly, American leadership has lost sight of the fact that war ultimately has political ends:
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