Force XXI is a conscious and deliberate effort to evolve the Army's organization, doctrine and tactics to integrate advances in technology. Since all good leaders adapt their leadership style to fit the situation, military leadership in the coming century will have to evolve as well to accommodate the changing situation.
Military leaders decide how to use the tool to accomplish their mission.
Inappropriate use of war's tools will result in military defeats, which, if significant, can lead to national disaster. Perhaps the most dramatic example of leaders who failed to grasp the impact of technological change is the fall of France in 1940. I victorious and a world superpower. The French military leadership was aware of significant emerging technological developments, and their official army regulation, Provisional Instructions , specifically addressed them in 1936. The astonishingly rapid defeat of the French army in 1940 is often incorrectly attributed to inferior technology.