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The must-read summary of Robert D. Kaplan's book: "Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground".
This complete summary of "Imperial Grunts" by Robert D. Kaplan, a renowned writer on foreign affairs, outlines his analysis of front-line military action and American involvement in world affairs.
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3) Football Fields and Battlefields: The Story of Eight Army Football Players and their Heroic Service
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The 2003 Army football team achieved futility in major college play that might never be equaled, losing all 13 of its games. The squad that took the field on a frigid December 2003 day in Philadelphia for the celebrated Army-Navy game featured only eight fourth-year seniors, just a slice of the fifty energetic freshmen-"plebes" in academy vernacular-who reported to West Point amid the heat and humidity of the summer of 2000, hoping to land spots on...
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The must-read summary of Tariq Ali's book: "The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power".
This complete summary of "The Duel" by Tariq Ali, a renowned British Pakistani writer and journalist, presents his illustration of how Pakistan's military dictatorship and weak civilian leadership have lead the country to demise. He examines the failed attempts of the US to intervene in their politics and its dangers; moreover he reveals some promises...
5) Summary: American Soldier: Review and Analysis of General Tommy Franks and Malcolm McConnell's Book
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The must-read summary of General Tommy Franks and Malcolm McConnell's book: "American Soldier".
This complete summary of "American Soldier" by Franks and McConnell presents a biography that recounts the career of General Tommy Franks. The riveting tale retraces his life from his small-town child to his roles in the Vietnam and Afghan wars, and describes how he led the operations of the war on terror following 9/11 to success using covert diplomacy,...
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The must-read analysis of Colonel David Hunt's book: "They Just Don't Get It: How Washington Is Still Compromising Your Safety - and What You Can Do About It".
This complete summary of "They Just Don't Get It" by Colonel David Hunt presents the author's revelation that the American government are under-equipped to deal with the war on terror. He provides a game plan for winning the war on terrorism.
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Fifteen original essays from American veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan offer first-hand perspectives on what made America's post-9/11 wars such costly and misguided exercises in futility, documenting how the world's self-proclaimed greatest military power went so badly astray.
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The creator of TomDispatch.com "tackles our military fetish . . . He takes on our war-possessed world with clear-eyed, penetrating precision" (Mother Jones).
Tom Engelhardt, creator of the website TomDispatch.com, takes a scalpel to the American urge to dominate the globe. Tracing developments from 9/11 to present day, this is an unforgettable anatomy of a disaster that is yet to end.
Since 2001, Tom Englehardt has written regular reports for his...
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