The Limitations of Traditional Military Mapping

Thomas Bruscino, professor at the U.S. Army War College, and Mitchell G. Klingenberg, assistant professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, join the show to discuss their article "Making War Upon the Map" The U.S. Army’s Forgotten Map Problem, Meade’s Gettysburg Campaign, and Depicting Operational Art. 

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    •      02:05 Introduction

    •      03:12 What’s missing? 

    •      06:17 A modern problem

    •      09:27 Meade takes command  

    •      11:29 Seeing both sides   

    •      15:41 South Mountain   

    •      22:54 Lee’s mistakes      

    •      30:11 Meade’s good choices 

    •      36:32 Mapping in 2025

    •      41:51 Visualization     

    •      47:37 Developing doctrine

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