Why Turkish Recalcitrance Didn't Rattle the Generals

Earlier, I noted the US military's capacity for self-criticism and ability to learn from mistakes.


I just ran across an example of the how they anticipate possible futures in training officers.

In Fort Leavenworth and the Eclipse of Nationhood, Robert D. Kaplan describes one of the scenarios placed before students at Leavenworth's School of Advanced Military Studies in 1996

"a messy and long-term peacekeeping operation in the Caucasus, in which U.S. forces cooperate with the Russian army, and the Turks refuse to let U.S. ships through the Bosphorus Straits"

So seven years ago they were preparing students to carry out operations where our oldest allies proved uncooperative.