Fighting words

[Administrator]

J. Michael Waller's "Fighting the War of Ideas Like a Real War" is on target ["Word's worth," Book Review, May]. To borrow some recent advice in fighting insurgencies, cultural knowledge is a vital combat multiplier. If we take the pains to understand our enemy, the enemy will tell us what to do.

http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2007/07/2886902