Thinking Out of the Box—Reading Military Texts from a Different Perspective

Authors

Phillip J. Ridderhof, U.S. Marine Corps

Number

9

Abstract

The “deconstruction” of texts—a postmodernist technique that denies the existence of objectively true meanings—can be usefully applied, with adaptations, to the military world. A Marine officer argues that it generates valuable insights by identifying everything that a document’s drafters thought most important, less important, and not important enough to mention.

Recommended Citation

Ridderhof, Phillip J. (2002) "Thinking Out of the Box—Reading Military Texts from a Different Perspective," Naval War College Review: Vol. 55: No. 4, Article 9.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol55/iss4/9