Predoctoral Fellow writes for War on the Rocks

In his article, Jon argues that “students of America’s experience in the War on Terror have a lot to learn from the Vietnam War’s denouement under Gen. Creighton Abrams, Jr., and what it says about the hopes societies at war invest in their military leadership.” He goes on to warn about the “paradoxical danger of heroic leadership,” finding that “these myths make thorny, complex wars seem intelligible, and tell us that our failures have primarily been failures of military strategy and approach, solved by fighting ‘a better war’ delivered by the best leaders we can find.” 

Read the full article here.