I can't claim to be well-versed in this genre or subject matter, but I liked this book and found it to be informative and effective at synthesizing information and communicating complex ideas in a digestible way. I would have gotten more out of it if I had more historical knowledge as reference, ...
I appreciated the history related portion of the book, especially regarding Vietnam, and the similarities that may be questioned in the recent wars in the middle east. I did not like the author's writing style and throughout the book felt he had an agenda - while being justly critical of the way...
troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, President Obama said, “We take comfort in knowing that the tide of war is receding.”1 In fact, the tide was not receding. Although Obama’s efforts to extricate the United States from Iraq and Afghanistan attracted understandable attention, they tell the lesser ...
It entailed courting groups that demonstrated a particular propensity to enlist or had been notably underrepresented during the draft era. Prominent in the first category were African Americans. Prominent in the second were women. In both cases, the key to courtship lay in removing barriers to op...