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Virtuous Decision-Making in War: ‘The good operation’

Winston Churchill with chiefs of staff in 10 Downing Street in 1945

Prime Minister Winston Churchill (front row, middle right) with Chief of the Imperial General Staff Sir Alan Brooke (front row, middle left) and other Chiefs of Staff in the garden of 10 Downing Street, 7 May 1945. Brooke, as the professional head of the


The new Ministry of Defence pamphlet on joint political-military decision-making merely scratches the surface of what seems to be a peculiarly British issue of poor performance in this area.

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Professor Peter Roberts

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