General rule: how to reinvent America’s army
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The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Twenty years ago America was fighting insurgents in Afghanistan and Iran. As state-on-state clashes become more likely, Randy George is the person in charge of preparing US forces for a new age (9:45). Private tutoring has long been common in East Asia, now it is spreading throughout the continent. And celebrating Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury (17:12).
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