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Pussycats: Why the Rest Keeps Beating the West Taschenbuch – 5. Juni 2016
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- Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe256 Seiten
- SpracheEnglisch
- Erscheinungstermin5. Juni 2016
- Abmessungen15.24 x 1.47 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-101533232008
- ISBN-13978-1533232007
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The starting point for van Creveld’s arguments is the observation of Western military forces to be less effective and Western power to be more constrained today than during the Cold War. This development to Creveld is rooted in several developments within society, the political sphere and the military. He decries how children today are given too little chances to grow but too many save spaces and easy ways to stay childish and immature. The force of the Western military to him has been diminished by de-mobilization of units and abilities, overregulation, softening and feminization of training and general duty. The incorporation of civilian standards and especially the introduction of women into the military had softened forces and made them less effective. The author goes on to decry PTSD to basically be an artificially constructed illness and the increasing containment of warfare to have led to an impractical illegalization of war as a political means, Western countries would inhibit themselves with.
Although van Creveld does raise some interesting points, which do have negative consequences, most of his arguments are also taken over the top. He usually does not bother to analyze why the measures he decries had been taken, but cites their effects and contrasts them to the good old times. So for example he is right with his observation of modern forces having a seriously different balance between enlisted personnel and general officers than 80 years ago, but van Creveld does not even bother to inquire why this might be necessary. Also the author might be right in his assertion enlisted personnel in garrison to often have been inclined to drinking, brawling and all sorts of misdemeanor, but concluding the militaries stricter enforcement of discipline today to result in a less capable fighting force is simply over the top.
While the book is structured along the different factors previously mentioned, the author does wander from one particular behavior to another within the chapters, not going into much depth on individual measures, but contrasting them with historical precedents and ending in rhetorical questions, why this was necessary. This meandering between different anecdotes is seemingly supported by many citations of sources, but when checking out the sources, one often comes to a different understanding of the subject than Creveld describes in his book.
It is the presentation of his arguments, the meandering thoughts and clearly opinion-based research without objective analysis, which make the arguments sometimes comically unconvincing. A good publisher would likely have convinced the author to present his findings in another way, but sadly the book did not attract one. The book is published by DLVC Enterprises of Israel and Amazon lists the publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. This shows in a bad text layout, frequent misspellings, wrong page numbers and no apparent content review. Thus the arguments of an accomplished author of warfare and history appear like the convoluted rant of an old man.
In summary a better publisher might have resulted in a more focused and better researched argument, because van Creveld does point out alarming tendencies deserving of in-depth analysis, but the author simply cannot convince the reader of his arguments, as he does not even try to analyze his observations or present anything but his personal opinion.
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Martin Van Creveld addresses this expertly by contrasting history with the present in order to illustrate the maladies of our modern armed forces. Started in childhood, where the West has become increasingly infantilised and Van Creveld describes how we have become mentally soft and unable to take initiate, to endure hardships and take the risks necessary for military success.
From there he documents the artificial restraints the West puts on fighter, the costs of feminising the Military, the invention and growth of PTSD and the delegitimisation of war in a fascinating tour through the evolution of our attitudes towards the Military.
When times are easy we have the luxury of believing things that don't correspond closely with reality. This book helps to illustrate how almost 70 years without invasion has allowed Western Powers to hold a number of indulgent ideas about war which may end up proving very costly.
In summary, a perspective changing read.
He begins with observations of childhood in the West, and this chapter alone earned the book five stars. I have followed the ADHD fiasco generally, but one his factoids that startled me was the revelation that Ritalin is closely related to cocaine. The text is carefully annotated, allowing me to look up the references, and sure enough it is. Worse, “an astounding 19 percent of high school-age boys— ages 14 to 17— in the US [had] been diagnosed with ADHD and about 10 percent [were] taking medication for it.” (location 784 on my Kindle.) This is just one symptom of failure among the many he has identified related to our childhood practices. The rot, when seen through eyes that are not blinded by false hopes and inane optimism for the endless therapies our government is so anxious to impose on our children, is widespread and much more pervasive than you might imagine. But on reflection, you will see that everything he describes was known to you before, but you hadn't put it in a more comprehensive context or realized how out of proportion these interventions have become.
This chapter is followed by "Defanging the Troops", which deals with the progressive attempt to make combat more civilized and controlled. The extent to which this process has succeeded is discouraging, because the "control" is unilateral, and our opponents laugh at our stupidity. Again a factoid, one of hundreds, will surprise you. The Army, with about 440,000 in uniform in 1998, had 4,438 active duty lawyers (location 1206.) The growth of mercenary armies is described as one result of the intentional disabling of our forces. Chapter 3 is "Feminizing the Forces", and it lays bare the failure of the project to mix men and women together in the military. Chapter 4 deals with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I don't fully agree with some of his conclusions, (shell-shock is likely a measurable impairment of the brain caused by an explosion,) but I certainly agree with his thesis that this has been a vehicle that has been used by the left to discredit and dishonor our troops. The common narrative in the press is our soldiers are damaged goods, and there has been very little to counter this falsehood. Chapter 5 is "Delegitimizing War" and it traces the conscientious objector movement through the last three centuries and describes the West's current focus on treaties and international institutions to eliminate war altogether. He also describes the rise of "Rights" within Western societies at the same time that "Duties" are forgotten. Like other topics in previous chapters, he uses word searches of books and reports to track our culture's interest in these ideas over time. It is discouraging.
His last chapter provides prescriptions for what ails us, and it is the least persuasive.
One particular strength of the book is that it identifies the agencies within our culture that have embraced what are likely to be suicidal projects to unilaterally disarm before a hostile world. For example, think of all the actors who have an interest in our children. They occupy desks in vast bureaucracies ranging from the public schools, to child "welfare" agencies, to Federal agencies that fund the subservient groups with grants conditional on adopting Federal guidelines. All of these bureaucrats act without personal accountability, and each has an interest in growing their area of control. And it is control without responsibility. Then think of the average citizen who has been sold a bill of goods by the government for its ability to intervene in each of life's little difficulties, from deciding whether to see a Doctor for an ailment, to allowing the school nurse to dope their child with powerful psychoactive drugs. And if a parent doesn't go along to get along, they risk having their child taken from them. Everyone seems to have rights to enjoy all the baubles offered by the government, but none has a duty to see that these baubles actually improve our lives. This is a very corrosive situation.
