perfidy

Clio, the muse of history, has left her scrolls and books at the foot of Mount Olympus. She has gotten her shots, filled out her will, donned her 3-color desert uniform and spiffy brassard, and humped her ruck into harm's way.

Clio is downrange with the 45th Military History Detachment.

Stars and Stripes discusses the efforts of Army historians in recording and cataloguing soldiers' accounts of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is not likely to be more detailed primary source material concerning the units, places, and people in either theater. Much of the collected information undoubtedly has immediate utility, as tactics are modified and doctrine re-written. Other material will be used to fuel papers at the War College and CGSC, likely sooner rather than later. The greatest value of this work though will not be appreciated for, perhaps, decades.

This is the raw stuff that our children will use when they write the history of this war.