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Douglas A. Macgregor

Born

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

January 04, 1953

Website

https://www.douglasmacgregor.com/

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Military Non Fiction, War, Politics

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Douglas Abbott Macgregor is a retired colonel in the United States Army, former government official, author, consultant, and political commentator. An Armor Branch officer by background, Macgregor was a leader in an early tank battle in the Gulf War and was a top planner in the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. His 1997 book Breaking the Phalanx argued for radical reforms inside the United States Army. After retiring from the military in 2004, Macgregor became more politically active.

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AUKUS partners sign agreement on underwater drones, speed up sub plan

SINGAPORE — The three members of the AUKUS pact have signed an agreement cementing the joint development of technologies that will be deployed for Uncrewed Underwater Vessels (UUVs).

This marks the first project to be officially announced under Pillar 2 of AUKUS, which is designed to pool the capabilities of the US, Australia and the United Kingdom’s respective defense sectors to develop advanced

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Average rating: 3.88 · 212 ratings · 17 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Margin of Victory: Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War by Douglas A. Macgregor, Robert M. Citino (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 89 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking the Phalanx: A New Design for Landpower in the 21st Century 3.67 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transformation Under Fire: Revolutionizing How America Fights 3.24 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Soviet-East German Military Alliance 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defense Horizons. Number 2, September 2001. Resurrecting Transformation for the Post-Industrial Era it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking the Phalanx: A New Design for Landpower in the 21st Century (Bibliographies and Indexes in American) by Douglas A. Macgregor(1997-01-14) by Douglas A. Macgregor, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Only war reaffirms the enduring truth that to be effective in battle, armed forces must be cohesive, inspired, undemocratic, and coercive in character; that Western armed forces in particular must be separate and distinct from the individualistic, ultra-democratic, and materialistic societies they defend.”
― Douglas A. Macgregor, Margin of Victory: Five Battles That Changed the Face of Modern War

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“There is no victory without sacrifice. And we are convincing large numbers of people that with these technologies, these unique capabilities that reside in these boutique forces that we can get away with murder literally and no one will be hurt. That's dangerous. That's wrong. It's misleading.

But all of these all — uh, what's the right word? Delusions, are self- sustaining and inextricably intertwined and they're very difficult to defeat. People latch on to these beliefs and they just can't give them up.

(Excerpt from interview "Col Douglas Macgregor: This Time We're in A LOT of TROUBLE")”
― Douglas A. Macgregor

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“[W]ars are decided in the decades before they begin, not by the sudden appearance of a new, technological "silver bullet" or the presence of a few strong personalities in the senior ranks during a single battle. How effectively natioanl political and military leaders adjust the framework of organization, technology, and human capital to relentless change in society, technology, and world affairs determines whether the nation-state prevails or perishes in defeat.”
― Douglas A. Macgregor, Margin of Victory: Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War

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