BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 14.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20161026T180348Z DESCRIPTION:JHU/APL Colloquium - www.jhuapl.edu/colloquium\n\nTOPIC: Margi n of Victory: Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War\n\nSPEAKER: Col. Douglas Macgregor\, USA (Ret.)\n\nIn Margin of Victory Douglas Macg regor tells the riveting stories of five military battles of the twentieth century\, each one a turning point in history. Beginning with the British Expeditionary force holding the line at the Battle of Mons in 1914 and co ncluding with the Battle of Easting in 1991 during Desert Storm\, Margin o f Victory establishes a connection among these battles and teaches its rea ders an important lesson about how future battles can be won. \n\nEmphasiz ing military strategy\, force design\, and modernization\, Macgregor links each of these seemingly isolated battles thematically. At the core of his analysis\, the author reminds the reader that to be successful\, military action must always be congruent with national culture\, geography\, and s cientific-industrial capacity. He argues that strategy and geopolitics are ultimately more influential than ideology. Macgregor stresses that if nat ion-states want to be successful\, they must accept the need for\, and the inevitability of\, change. The five warfighting dramas in this book\, ren dered in vivid detail by lively prose\, offer many lessons on the tactical \, operational\, and strategic levels of war.\n\n\nCOL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR\ , USA (Ret.)\, is a decorated combat veteran with a PhD in international r elations from the University of Virginia. He is the author of five books a nd is the executive vice president of Burke-Macgregor Group LLC\, a defens e and foreign policy consulting firm in Northern Virginia.\n DTEND;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20170106T150000 DTSTAMP:20161026T180349Z DTSTART;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20170106T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20161026T180348Z LOCATION:Parsons Auditorium PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Colloquium - Col. Douglas Macgregor\, USA (Ret) - Ma rgin of Victory TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E0080000000020BA797DBFAAD101000000000000000 01000000033B7C60A10B3D447AFB4D80FAA250388 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n
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In Margin of Victory D ouglas Macgregor tells the riveting stories of five military battles of th e twentieth century\, each one a turning point in history. Beginning with the British Expeditionary force holding the line at the Battle of Mons in 1914 and concluding with the Battle of Easting in 1991 during Desert Storm \, Margin of Victory establishes a connection among these battles and teac hes its readers an important lesson about how future battles can be won. FONT>
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Emphasizing military strategy\, force design\, and modernization\, Macgregor links each of these seemingly isolated battles t hematically. At the core of his analysis\, the author reminds the reader t hat to be successful\, military action must always be congruent with natio nal culture\, geography\, and scientific-industrial capacity. He argues th at strategy and geopolitics are ultimately more influential than ideology. Macgregor stresses that if nation-states want to be successful\, they mus t accept the need for\, and the inevitability of\, change. The five warfig hting dramas in this book\, rendered in vivid detail by lively prose\, off er many lessons on the tactical\, operational\, and strategic levels of wa r.
\n\nCOL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR\, USA (Re t.)\, is a decorated combat veteran with a PhD in international relations from the University of Virginia. He is t he author of five books and is the executive vice president of Burke-Macgr egor Group LLC\, a defense and foreign policy consulting firm in Northern Virginia.
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