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In three pages this paper discusses how military leadership is affected by what the author describes as ‘pagan ethos.’ Two sources are cited in the bibliography.
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unabashed realist. He views the world not through idealistic rose-colored glasses but realistically as a place that is in a constant state of conflict and where evil will never
be completely eradicated. Kaplan attempts to dispel false notions about what military leadership (which defines all contemporary leaders) is or should be in his policy and strategic text, Warrior
Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos. According to Kaplan, international relations terms such as just and unjust wars; fair and unfair exist only in the abstract, and not
the real world. They have no place in military leadership. Kaplan observes that todays military leaders will be confronting adversaries that do not subscribe to Americas definition of
fairness or justice. Their wars are without rules of conduct or a higher moral purpose; therefore, leaders must impress upon soldiers that they must "fight and kill at close
range," or the superpower status of the United States will be in jeopardy (Kaplan 9). He compares the US approaches to war as similar to those of the Romans and
adds, "We are not the first great empire to despise casualties" (Kaplan 134). Citing historian Michael Ignatieff, Kaplan reminds his readers that military action can never be without cost
or loss of life, but some costs must be paid. Military leaders must have an acute understanding of how wars are fought, and if they are to be fought
successfully, they must adopt what the author has dubbed a pagan ethos. Kaplan describes history as being forged by the foresight of leaders
who insightfully knew how and when to wield the weapon of power and the importance of self-interest preservation. He argues that American leaders have long been hamstrung by Judeo-Christian
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