Mahan, Corbett, and other theorists carry an argument forward across generations. Strategic writing cannot improve policy if institutions and decision-makers ignore it. Work confined to a professional or ideological circle reaches diminishing returns because it repeatedly addresses people who already agree. Seeking out disagreement reveals why other audiences resist an argument and creates an opportunity to persuade them.
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Why strategic theory must escape friendly silos
Strategic thought advances through successive writers, but it has little effect when specialists speak only to people who already agree.