Letter From MHQ, Spring 2016

Surprise! Being uncomfortable with surprise—that is, with an abrupt and unexpected change in circumstances—seems to be a longstanding and widespread human characteristic. Accordingly, in military terms, a surprise attack is an especially unwelcome challenge. The importance and effectiveness of surprise surely goes all the way back to the earliest iterations of warfare, as in the …

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