Before the First Shots Are Fired: How America Can Win or Lose Off the Battlefield

The case against the United States' illegal and unnecessary wars from "one of the most respected and outspoken military leaders of the past two decades" (60 Minutes).

For the better part of the last half century, the United States has been the World's Police, claiming to defend ideologies, allies, and our national security through brute force. But is military action always the most appropriate response?

Drawing on his vast experience, from combat in Vietnam to peacekeeping in Somalia, to war ...