Differences between the academic and military communities and the dysfunction that occurs when these communities comingle can have disastrous consequences for foreign policy. Donald Bletz, writing on the subject in 1971, details this dynamic as it related to the Vietnam War. His observations can be applied to wars since and suggest the need for a balanced relationship characterized by independence and mutual respect.

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Keywords: internationalism, post–Cold War period, regional balances of power, US Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Progressive Era Army reforms