Closing Ranks - The Citizens Guide to Victory After Iraq (Hardcover)

Even strong supporters of U.S. militarism and American involvement in foreign conflicts have to admit that strategies that were successful in the past seem to have lost their effectiveness. America's defense establishment continues to grow more exorbitant and irrelevant, simultaneously adding to the nation's significant economic problems. Even worse, our military strategies and related moral sensibilities invite a disaster of epic proportions.

"Closing Ranks: The Citizen's Guide to Victory after Iraq" provides a new interpretation of our post-9/11, post Iran-Iraq and Gulf Wars world, explains why our present defense establishment is wrong for today's challenges, and offers a series of concrete proposals for radical change. This text is intended for a general readership, but its contents and message are highly relevant and appropriate for policy makers and leaders in Washington as well.