# Charles Bartles **Domain:** Military analysis **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Charles K. Bartles** is a U.S. analyst and translator whose work at FMSO corrected common Western readings of Valery Gerasimov's 2013 article. ## Significance His intervention shows why translation, genre, institutional context, and authorial purpose must be preserved before a text is promoted into doctrine. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/January-February-2016/Getting-Gerasimov-Right/) ## Routes [[wiki/Valery Gerasimov|Valery Gerasimov]] · [[wiki/Foreign Military Studies Office|Foreign Military Studies Office]] · [[wiki/Doctrinal Drift|Doctrinal Drift]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]