In contrast to the domestic coherence and unified strength of will that Napoleon tapped for his rampage across Europe, the contemporary West is so fractured and broken that it can barely defend itself, let alone effectively prosecute wars abroad. For strategists, repairing what Clausewitz calleds the 'Moral Force' is the key challenge

A good many young men and women need purpose and meaning in their lives, to think that they’re fighting for something, some grand enterprise more important than themselves. For some, a Year Zero impulse takes charge, with nihilism, fear and ignorance coming to overshadow and distort perceptions of, well, everything