The contributors are excellent writers, erudite and well educated, and they provide solid evidence to support their logically argued criticism of American policies and leadership ... This is an excellent, timely collection offering analysis of two decades of war and a broad swath of ideas and possible solutions to problems the military is largely incapable of fixing without outside attention.
In a powerful introduction, Bacevich writes about his fears for the long-lasting effects of those wars ... Anti-war activism from the deepest of patriotic roots, advocated by those who have paid a heavy price in order to speak.
