Former CIA Director David Petraeus on Warfare
Former CIA Director David Petraeus discussed the significance of strategic leadership and the evolution of warfare.
Description
Former CIA Director David Petraeus discussed the significance of strategic leadership and the evolution of warfare.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What are the four tasks Gen. Petraeus discussed that people in strategic leadership roles have to perform?
- Explain how actions that occur in one part of the world, can impact other regions as Gen. Petraeus discussed.
- What are the two elements of deterrence that he described?
- Summarize the evolution of warfare that Gen. Petraeus highlighted.
Additional Resources
- Bell Ringer: World War I and Trench Warfare
- Bell Ringer: WWI: Battle of the Somme
- Bell Ringer: American Forces in World War I- Battle of Saint-Mihiel
- Bell Ringer: The North African Campaign during World War II
- Lesson Plan: Was using the atomic bomb on Japan necessary for ending World War II?
- Video Clip: The War in Ukraine and the United States
- Video Clip: General Mark Milley on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
- Bell Ringer: Presidential Leadership Qualities in Times of Crisis
Participants
Vocabulary
- Adversary
- Deterrence
- Implementation
- Metrics
- Provocative
- Reverberate
- Strategic