Why our generals were more successful in World War II than in Korea, Vietnam or Iraq/Afghanistan

The Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Memorial Lecture Thomas E. Ricks is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Concurrently with his duties at CNAS, Ricks writes an online blog for ForeignPolicy.com called, "The Best Defense," serves as contributing editor for Foreign Policy. http://nimitz.berkeley.edu/