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While attending National War College (NWC), Powell grew, learned and thought with more sophistication then his peers.7 He welcomed the ideas of his professors and other dignitaries he met while attending NWC. Powell absorbed key material he thought was the most valuable in enhancing his strategic leadership abilities for tackling the challenges he might face. In particular, he embraced Clausewitz with arms wide open and internalized the three pillars of the triad, concluding that “Without the three legs engaged, the military, the government, and the people, the enterprise cannot stand.”8 His exceptional knowledge of Clausewitz gave him insight regarding Vietnam and lead him to adopt a strategic model of “military action and policy are key
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