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Despite demonstrated prowess in the handling of ships and sailors, five years after receiving his commission, Jim Stavridis was planning on getting out of the Navy and going to law school. His assignments officer, a young lieutenant commander by the name of Mike Mullen (who would go on to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs) noticed something special in Stavridis, however, and convinced him to stay on active duty by dangling the prospect of Uncle Sam sending him to graduate school. Going ashore for a few years, Stavridis earned his MALD and PhD in international relations from the Fletcher Sch… (más)
I very much enjoyed reading about the thoughts and experiences of Admiral Stavridis in his role as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO for four years. I most liked the chapters about Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, the Balkans, Israel, and Russia. Those chapters gave me a deeper insight into those problematic areas of the world. I was less interested in reading through the text of the North Atlantic Treaty and the NATO Lisbon Summit Declaration, and I only skimmed through those appendices. ( )
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PrefaceA tweet: in less than 140 characters I accidentally encapsulated my time as supreme allied commander at NATO.
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In many ways that was the pivotal moment in my career—that nexus in time we all face when two roads permanently and irrevocably part and a decision is made.
In this modern era, it is startling to realize how many terrible conflicts boil down, still, to religions. From Northern Ireland to Palestine to Indonesia to Sudan to the Arabian Gulf to the Balkans, humans still have an enormous appetite to kill each other over their religious beliefs. It sometimes seems that little has changed since the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries when Protestants and Catholics tore Europe apart and killed perhaps a third of the population of that "civilized" world in the Wars of the Reformation.
...I have strong and positive feelings about Israel...and have a great deal of admiration for the Israelis and their embattled course in history. Israelis are heroic in the face of grave danger and yet constantly kvetch about details. And they are hard to pin down on an issue: as any Israeli will tell you, "If there are two Israelis in the room, you'll have three opinions."
...there was something about the Israelis' spirit and attitude that I found particularly intriguing and appealing. The single-mindedness that I first noticed more than three decades before was still plainly evident. And they make the best hummus in the world.
...Israel: there is no braver nation, nor a better ally to the United States.
I visited the murder camps at Auschwitz in Poland on a gray winter day, shivering as I looked up at the wrought iron sign at the entrance: "Arbeit Macht Frei" (work will set you free). Six million Jews were murdered in those camps. The Israelis search for their names and record them with honor and dignity in the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem. They never forget, and they never intend to rely on the kindness of others. What the Israelis took away from the Holocaust--the Shoah, as they call it--was that it isn't work that makes you free; it is courage and determination and a relentless drive to survive and prosper. I salute them, and I hope and trust the United States will always stand with Israel. After my time among them, I know I shall.
Why do I display a painting of a doomed ship in my office? Simple. To remind me that anyone's ship can blow up at any moment. Life has a way of sending us down hidden paths. The Spanish say, "Nunca sabe los caminos de Dios." which literally means "no one knows the roads of God' but might be better translated "you never know". No matter how well things appear to be going, no matter how hard you are working, no matter how careful you are, no matter your virtues (or your sins), the ship can blow up at any time. Life can change dramatically in an instant.
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Despite demonstrated prowess in the handling of ships and sailors, five years after receiving his commission, Jim Stavridis was planning on getting out of the Navy and going to law school. His assignments officer, a young lieutenant commander by the name of Mike Mullen (who would go on to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs) noticed something special in Stavridis, however, and convinced him to stay on active duty by dangling the prospect of Uncle Sam sending him to graduate school. Going ashore for a few years, Stavridis earned his MALD and PhD in international relations from the Fletcher Sch
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