http://www.bu.edu/alumni/bostonia/2007/spring/soldier/index.html
He embodies the thoughtfulness we should expect of all self-proclaimed experts in foreign policy. Thus, he neither a neo-con nor a blame-america-firster; neither a dove nor a hawk; neither a Bushie or that new breed of the conservative front, the post-Bushie. He is instead an ardent student of history because weapons are new, but conflict is very, very old. He is a pragmatist, understanding that things are never simple on the battlefield. And he is funny - because foreign policy is nothing if not rife with irony.
He is the author of American Empire. I commend it to anyone reading this -- it is accessible and perspective-altering.
He embodies the thoughtfulness we should expect of all self-proclaimed experts in foreign policy. Thus, he neither a neo-con nor a blame-america-firster; neither a dove nor a hawk; neither a Bushie or that new breed of the conservative front, the post-Bushie. He is instead an ardent student of history because weapons are new, but conflict is very, very old. He is a pragmatist, understanding that things are never simple on the battlefield. And he is funny - because foreign policy is nothing if not rife with irony.
He is the author of American Empire. I commend it to anyone reading this -- it is accessible and perspective-altering.
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