The Pentagon's Wars: The Military's Undeclared War Against America's Presidents
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (814 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N9ZHW72 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 550 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Perry lives in Arlington, Virginia.. Mark Perry is a military and foreign affairs analyst whose articles have appeared in the Nation, Foreign Policy, Washington Post, and Politico
The Pentagon's Wars is a historical narrative of enormous value to Americans trying to understand the disastrous military interventions of the last twenty-five years."-Colonel (ret) Douglas Macgregor, US Army, PhD, author of Margin of Victory"This is a hard-hitting insider's walk through the corridors of American power. Mark Perry marshals decades of interviews and applies his keen journalistic insight to grapple with a question that all citizens need to ask: Why can't the most powerful nation in the world achieve its strategic policy aims when it goes to war? He does a great service by explaining in clear, human terms the failures and the limits of American military power. Johnson, author of Fast Tanks Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945. "When it comes to America's senior military leaders, Mark Perry has a gift for exposing the truth. A must read."-David
The Pentagon's Wars is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the inner workings of the making of America's foreign policy.. A gripping insider account of the clash between America's civilian and military leadershipThe Pentagon's Wars is a dramatic account of the deep and divisive debates between America's civilian leaders and its military officers. He reveals explosive stories, from the secret history of Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" policy to how the military plotted to undermine Barack Obama's strategy in Afghanistan, to show how internal strife and deep civilian-military animus shapes America's policy abroad, often to the nation's detriment.Drawing on three decades of high-profile interviews, both on and off the record, Perry yields sobering judgments on the tenures of our nation's most important military leaders. Renowned military expert Mark Perry investigates these internal wars and sheds new light on the US military-the most powerful and influential lobby in Washington
"Fated to Fail" according to Daniel Weitz. The author’s thesis is that we have failed to digest and apply the lessons of victory in the Cold War. The Goldwater-Nichols Act mandated the creation of a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This was an influential rather than a powerful position; as theoretically the JCS and its chairman were removed from the chain of command and placed in a more administrative, logistical, and a developmental role. In the latter they have produced superb, effective weapon systems.Admiral Crowe understood that victory in the Cold War was, at its heart, a military victory, achieved without the two leadi. Linda Armstrong said A book everyone will be talking about. From critically acclaimed journalist and military authority Michael Perry comes another readable, insightful volume. (Previous books include Four Stars, Eclipse: The Last Days of the CIA, A Fire In Zion: Inside the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, Conceived in Liberty, Lift Up Thy Voice, Grant and Twain, Partners In Command, Talking To Terrorists, and The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur.) This time he focuses on the fraught relationship between American Presidents and the military they theoretically command.The book provides fascinating behind-the-scenes insights