The Powell Doctrine, or the Weinberger-Powell Doctrine -- what
is its relevance to that? The Powell Doctrine is a manifestation
of the learning of this period between Vietnam and the first
Gulf War. ... Students began to read. They started by reading
through civics. They got a grounding in history, and from that
this intellectual renaissance quickly spread through all the
militaries. In a period of about five years, the war colleges
had changed; the commanders in staff colleges had changed. And
at the same time, the U.S. Army was looking very hard at what we
now called operational art: the art of command, the art of war
at the campaigning level. And they did some very interesting
studies, wrote some powerful documents. And so when you look at
what took place in Desert Storm, sure, there were good troops;
there was wonderful equipment; there was excellent training. But
the real key between the two wars, Vietnam and Desert Storm, was
this doctrinal foundation that was prepared during the late '70s
and early '80