Peter Bergen - Trump and His Generals 2019
epub | 1002.39 KB | English | Author :Peter Bergen | 2019 | Penguin Publishing Group

Book Description :

From one of America's preeminent national security journalists, an explosive, ne-breaking account of the Trump Administration's reckless handling of American national security, foregrounding the generals-Jim Mattis, HR McMaster and John Kelly-who tried and failed to maintain adult supervision.
Halfway through the first year of the Trump administration, the "axis of adults" on the team had reason to feel fairly sanguine. Feral ideologue Mike Flynn had blown up on the launch pad as National Security Advisor, and by the end of the summer, Steve Bannon, the intellectual architect of a hardcore "America First" populist nationalism that called for a retreat into isolation, was out as well. Jim Mattis was secure at the helm of Defense, and his fellow generals HR McMaster and John Kelly were steadying presences too, who well knew the value of America's network of global defense alliances. Aiding and abetting them were two other strong "globalists"-a swear...

Category : | Military Policy, Military Policy, Terrorism