David Rigby is the author of Allied Master Strategists, which won the 2012 John Lyman Book Award for best US naval history. He holds a PhD in comparative history and works as an adjunct instructor at Boston-area colleges and universities.
David Rigby’s pithily written, hard-hitting book neatly
encapsulates why the United States has been so successful at
warfare over the past two hundred fifty years, and sets down
lessons that should be required reading in the military academies
and the White House. The product of a lifetime’s research and much
profound thought on the subject, No Substitute for Victory also
explains how America lost its way in Vietnam. It sets out the five
key lessons that need to be learned to reestablish the phenomenon
that the world needs more than anything else right now: American
greatness.” Andrew Roberts, author of the New York Times
bestselling The Storm of War
"In No Substitute for Victory Rigby has given us a manual for
victory in war based upon an insightful examination of past
American successes and strategies. These include (1) Concentrate
strength at the decisive point; (2) There is more to strategic
success than military power; (3) Strive for clear and consistent
war aims; (4) Take advantage of enemy mistakes; and (5) Unity of
command. Sun Tzu would not be surprised at these, but so much of
our adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq disregarded these
requirements. The success of the 2007 surge validated them.
Civilian policy makers desperately need this astute analysisthat
they never came across in their Ivy League educationsand the
military senior ranks always seem to need a refresher course. I
cannot recommend this highly enough.” Peter G. Tsouras, military
historian, former senior intelligence officer with the Defense
Intelligence Agency, former US Army officer, and author of over
twenty books
David Rigby’s pithily written, hard-hitting book neatly
encapsulates why the United States has been so successful at
warfare over the past two hundred fifty years, and sets down
lessons that should be required reading in the military academies
and the White House. The product of a lifetime’s research and much
profound thought on the subject, No Substitute for Victory also
explains how America lost its way in Vietnam. It sets out the five
key lessons that need to be learned to reestablish the phenomenon
that the world needs more than anything else right now: American
greatness.” Andrew Roberts, author of the New York Times
bestselling The Storm of War
"In No Substitute for Victory Rigby has given us a manual for
victory in war based upon an insightful examination of past
American successes and strategies. These include (1) Concentrate
strength at the decisive point; (2) There is more to strategic
success than military power; (3) Strive for clear and consistent
war aims; (4) Take advantage of enemy mistakes; and (5) Unity of
command. Sun Tzu would not be surprised at these, but so much of
our adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq disregarded these
requirements. The success of the 2007 surge validated them.
Civilian policy makers desperately need this astute analysisthat
they never came across in their Ivy League educationsand the
military senior ranks always seem to need a refresher course. I
cannot recommend this highly enough.” Peter G. Tsouras, military
historian, former senior intelligence officer with the Defense
Intelligence Agency, former US Army officer, and author of over
twenty books
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