The Line and the Lantern (Paperback)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Independently Published, 2026

9798191921600

Serie: Libro 10 di 14 - A Civic Essay Series

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Paperback. In 1817, a superintendent freshly returned from studying artillery schools in France rebuilt a decaying military academy on a simple premise: an officer who could only execute a memorized procedure was a liability the moment the battlefield stopped matching the manual. In 2026, an unreleased Pentagon memorandum proposes to eliminate civilian tenure at that same academy, and to review every course taught there, line by line, for material judged non-essential or ideologically driven. In The Line and the Lantern, Gerard Tod turns to Sylvanus Thayer's West Point, the University of California's 1950 loyalty-oath firings, the televised collapse of Senator Joseph McCarthy's Army investigation, and Stalin's 1937 purge of the Red Army's own high command. The parallels are not offered as simple repetitions. They trace a recurring choice: build an officer's capacity to reason, or replace that capacity with a test of loyalty, and live with what the second choice costs when judgment is finally needed. This is not a book asking readers to master military doctrine or constitutional law. It asks a simpler question: what does an institution owe the people it sends into situations no manual anticipated, years before it ever hands them an order? An oath sworn by someone never taught to think past a checklist is a promise made in a language they were never given the words for. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
The Line and the Lantern (Paperback)
Autore
Gerard Tod
Editore
Independently Published
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 13
9798191921600
Serie
Libro 10 di 14: A Civic Essay Series

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