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Strength and Strength Alone: How the U.S. Army Can Remain Top Dog in the 21st Century

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What is the biggest threat to American national security today?

The Taliban?
Al Qaeda?
The Chinese?
Ourselves?

John L. Childs, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, answers this riveting question with an intimate look into the everyday lives, struggles, successes, and failures of soldiers forward deployed. Your first inclination may be to rank those threats to the United States in the order they are listed, but here is the

You’d Be Dead Wrong

I believe today American generals are failing their citizens.
Find out why the biggest threat to American security today may be ourselves. Strength and Strength Alone covers the two year period Mr. Childs spent training up for and fighting in Afghanistan. The analysis he draws from this time is the foundation for his arguments for why :

-The higher U.S. Defense Command got the whole Surge thing wrong
-Why MOST soldiers WEREN’T sad to see McChrystal go
- Why most junior officers did not agree with the war in Afghanistan

John L. Childs is a West Point graduate, U.S. Army Infantry Officer, and graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School. He deployed to souther Afghanistan for a year as a company executive officer and assistant operations officer. He then went on to serve in the Old Guard where he rendered final honors to fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.

Language: English

Pages: 142

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: February 05, 2012

Strength and Strength Alone: How the U.S. Army Can Remain Top Dog in the 21st Century

0/5 ( ratings)

What is the biggest threat to American national security today?

The Taliban?
Al Qaeda?
The Chinese?
Ourselves?

John L. Childs, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, answers this riveting question with an intimate look into the everyday lives, struggles, successes, and failures of soldiers forward deployed. Your first inclination may be to rank those threats to the United States in the order they are listed, but here is the

You’d Be Dead Wrong

I believe today American generals are failing their citizens.
Find out why the biggest threat to American security today may be ourselves. Strength and Strength Alone covers the two year period Mr. Childs spent training up for and fighting in Afghanistan. The analysis he draws from this time is the foundation for his arguments for why :

-The higher U.S. Defense Command got the whole Surge thing wrong
-Why MOST soldiers WEREN’T sad to see McChrystal go
- Why most junior officers did not agree with the war in Afghanistan

John L. Childs is a West Point graduate, U.S. Army Infantry Officer, and graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School. He deployed to souther Afghanistan for a year as a company executive officer and assistant operations officer. He then went on to serve in the Old Guard where he rendered final honors to fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.

Language: English

Pages: 142

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: February 05, 2012

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