"Wehrmacht penis envy"

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yeah, thats the danger with these kind of articles - trying to create some broad narrative is always dicey. My concern would be that the top leadership has already adopted the German high command methodology of "best-casing" and underestimating opponents that led to disastrous decisions in WW1 and WW2. From this civilian's standpoint, the American military seems to have become infatuated with its strategic capabilities, and combined with weak political oversight has led to the last two decade's spree of interventions