Author Archives: Dave Oliver
← Older postsThe purpose of “American Defense Reform”
Nov
20
American Defense Reform: Lessons from Failures and Success in Navy History
Nov
20
Georgetown Press agrees to publish book on reshaping/rebalancing National Defense
Nov
20
Strategy Discussion Group discusses Maritime Strategy
Aug
6
Robby Harris graciously permitted me to spend two hours with his discussion group this week to talk about how the Nation might develop a Strategy for dealing with China that does not include the flaws … Read More >>
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentBronze Rules launched at CSIS
Jul
27
Yesterday the Center for Strategy and International Security hosted the book launch. Discussions of several chapters and the question and answer period hosted by Seth James are available at CSIS.org under “events.”
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Leadership | Leave a comment“Bronze Rules” finally available
Jun
23
The 35 Leadership case studies I wrote under the title “A Navy Admiral’s Bonze Rules: Managing Risk and Leadership,” will finally be available from Naval Institute this August. Publishing became a much longer road than … Read More >>
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged leaderhip | Leave a commentDr. Jay Davis
Oct
4
I met Dr. Jay Davis when he left his job running his accelerator laboratory at Lawrence Livermore (and his occasional stints as a world-roving United Nations nuclear weapons inspector) to come to the Pentagon to … Read More >>
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Leadership | Leave a commentBronze Rules on Leadership
Sep
5
Venture capitalists often are the most difficult men and women to be defined. This is true of Bob McCormack, who found time to serve the Reagan and Bush Administrations while he was also helping build … Read More >>
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentAdmiral Jim Hogg.
Jul
21
Admiral Jim Hogg was the Commander of the Seventh Fleet and then Director of Naval Warfare the two times I worked for him. He also served as the US Representative to the NATO Military Committee. … Read More >>
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentAnn Zumwalt Cuppola — Leadership & Risk
Jun
15
If you knew her father, and spend time around Navy citizens, you eventually meet Ann Zumwalt Cuppola. Just as inevitably, you are impressed. She is a chip off both her Mother’s and Father’s blocks. We … Read More >>
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