It reminded me of something I once read about Enrico Fermi, but I can't remember where (yet). Enrico Fermi denied that human nature had really changed in any fundamentally meaningful way over time and that, despite all of our social and scientific advances, human beings remain essentially unchanged and merely have been transplanted into progressively more complex environments.
In that spirit I started asking questions and decided to do some research. My first question:
Clearly that was a dead end, pun intended. So while I search for answers I thought I would pass on some of what I am reading. Listed in no particular order, except to say the first one should be required reading for every American citizen.
Fiscal Stewardship and Defense Transformation, Speech before the United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland March 8, 2024
A Bimodeal Force for the National Maritime Strategy, Captain Wayne P. Hughes, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)
On Major Naval Operations, Milan Vego
Carving Up the East China Sea, Peter Dutton
Naval Transformation: Background and Issues for Congress, Ronald O’Rourke, Specialist in National Defense, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, May 23, 2024
Elements of Transformation, Office for Transformation, October 2004
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities, Background and Issues for Congress, Ronald O’Rourke, Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, July 20, 2024
Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense, Background and Issues for Congress, Ronald O’Rourke, Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, June 26, 2024
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