Tag: Military
The Education of an Idealist
The Education of an Idealist by Samatha Power
reviewed by Donald Camp
Let’s Talk Seriously About Afghanistan
by Amb. Michael W. Cotter (ret.) The media is full of information about the conflict in Afghanistan. Some of the coverage supports the Trump administration’s plan to increase the U.S. military presence in that country; some of it is opposed. … Read more
India’s Wars
Review by Jon Dorschner India’s Wars (A Military History 1947- 1971) by Arjun Subramaniam, Harper Collins India: New York, 2016, ISBN 978-93-5177-749-6, 576 pp., $39.99 (Softcover). Since I was teaching at West Point, it has struck me that there are a … Read more
Are South Asian Arms Sales in the U.S. National Interest? The Foreign Policy Implications
by Jon P. Dorschner In 1989 I wrote an article urging the United States to stop selling weapons in South Asia.1 It took a liberal stance, arguing that such a step would enable the U.S. to occupy the moral high … Read more
Too Quick on the Draw: Militarism and the Malpractice of Diplomacy in America
Too Quick on the Draw: Militarism and the Malpractice of Diplomacy in America by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. ( ret.) Remarks to the the Academy of Philosophy and Letters 13 June 2015 The late Arthur Goldberg, who served on … Read more
SITREP: What We Talk About When We Talk About Brazil
by Dick VirdenBrazil: An introduction to your Olympic host Brazil has been much in the news these days, and not in a good way. It’s the epicenter of the horrific Zika plague, its economy is reeling, corruption is out of … Read more
No Exit from Pakistan
Review by Donald Camp No Exit from Pakistan: America’s Tortured Relationship with Islamabad by Daniel S. Markey, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-1107623590, 253 pp., $71.16 (Hardcover), $25.19 (Paperback), $12.49 (Kindle). There is much to ponder in this well-written and … Read more
A Salutation to Arms: Asia’s Military Buildup, Its Reasons, and Its Implications
Review by John Sylvester
Obama and China’s Rise
Review by Donald Camp
Obama and China’s Rise: An Insider’s Account of America’s Asia Strategy by Jeff Bader, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, ISBN-13: 978-0815722427, 2012. 171 pp.
Somewhere in France, Somewhere in Germany
Review by James Abrahamson
Somewhere in France, Somewhere in Germany: A Combat Soldier’s Journey through the Second World War. By Francis P. Sempa. (Lanham, MD: Hamilton Books, 2011. Pp. x, 102.
Gaddafi Had His Chance
by Robert Earle In early May my friend Blakely said that he had been contacted by a third party representing Moammar Gaddafi’s most influential son, Saif al-Islam. Saif al-Islam wanted to convey a message to Washington through unofficial channels, and … Read more
Retirement from Iraq—When?
by Henry E. Mattox Many Americans hoped and even expected that American military withdrawal from Iraq would be well underway by now, but instead we had the “surge.” Looking back to the time of U.S. emergence as a world power, … Read more
The Political-Military Army Officer: Soldier Scholar or Cocktail Commando
The Political-Military Army Officer: Soldier Scholar or Cocktail Commando? By Norvell B. De Atkine “While the military culture has evolved over the years and we now have an Army almost unrecognizable to pre-Vietnam war veterans, one issue has remained pretty … Read more