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William A. Owens Lifting the Fog of War
Farrar Straus Giroux 2000 0374186278 / 9780374186272 Hardcover Very Good
"'() In military terms, the United States is a confused and exhausted superpower. Its victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War has been obscured by military operations (in Iraq, in Somalia, in Kosovo) that resulted at best in defeat or stalemate. Its key weaponry -- fighter planes, warships, helicopters -- is becoming obsolete. The men and women in uniform are burned out, having been rushed to one regional crisis after another, sent there at the beck and call of the President and Congress. Yet the United States remains committed to respond to conflicts all over the world: security threats involving stubborn nation-states such as North Korea, crises fomented by terrorists like Osama Bin Laden, the emergence of China and India as new military powers, and the spread of potent nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. As Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the first Clinton Administration -- the nation's second-highest-ranking military officer -- Admiral Bill Owens s'''' ID: mon0000082376"
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