Readers with less than fond memories of Edward Luttwak’s tendentious Commentary story of a couple of years back, “Why We Need More Waste, Fraud, and Mismanagement in the Pentagon,” will be surprised by this book, which is first-rate. Luttwak’s great strength is that he really knows what he’s talking about—by virtue of the quality of his sources and the […]
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