DEFAERO Strategy Series [Jul 14, 26] Dr. Michael Shurkin on the French Way of War

On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Michael Shurkin, a veteran of the CIA as well as the RAND Corporation think tank who’s now the director of Global Programs at 14 North Strategies, a Senegal-based risk advisory consultancy, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss his new book, “The French War of War: Eight Strategy Lessons for Today’s Conflicts;” how military defeats and resource limitations have taught France to be more strategic; the essence of strategy; lessons from the Mali operation; and more.