
The Australian-Jewish General Who Re-Designed Modern Military Strategy
When John Monash arrived in Cairo from Australia during World War I, he had no formal military training. But he did have an extensive education, and notable achievements as a civil engineer. The son of Jewish immigrants to Australia, Monash earned academic degrees in law, art, and engineering. He was a reservist officer in the Australian intelligence corps and a successful engineer-businessman as well. Monash proved to have ability to take a broad look at the catastrophic errors that turned the battlefields of the war into some of the greatest bloodbaths of military history. This would make him the most[…]