The United States was “slow” to understand China’s military strategy, according to the top Marine Corps general in charge of the service’s combat development command. “As a nation, we were late to recognize the strategy that China had and the way they’re implementing it,” Lt. Gen. David Berger told Inside Defense in a recent interview. Berger, who recently completed a post as commander of Marine Corps Forces Pacific, said China is “buying their way across the oceans” and the...
