Invisible Armies
A complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.
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Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
U.S. foreign policy; defense policy; military history; terrorism and guerrilla warfare.
A complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.
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Max Boot says the presence of active bases in Iraq would allow the United States to project power and influence in the region.
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Max Boot argues that the only way the crisis in Libya can end is to remove Qaddafi from power.
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Max Boot says that even if Colonel Qaddafi steps down, the situation in Libya will still be dangerous.
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Max Boot reviews Donald Rumsfeld's Known and Unknown.
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Max Boot argues that President Obama's weak response to the situation in Libya will significantly reduce American power and prestige.
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Max Boot argues that the United States cannot afford to ignore Iraq now, when it is so close to a successful outcome.
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Max Boot says the best the United States and its allies can do with the exit of Hosni Mubarak is try to make the transition as fast and painless as possible.
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Max Boot argues that plans for further cuts in defense spending will have detrimental effects on the international security commitments of the United States.
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Max Boot discusses the use of covert action and secret warfare to fight terrorism and weapons proliferation.
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Max Boot discusses the progress beginning to materialize in the war Afghanistan.
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Max Boot and Peter Mansoor say the buildup of U.S. forces in Afghanistan is already having a considerable positive impact, although public opinion hasn't caught on yet.
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The WikiLeaks revelations aren't likely to do lasting damage, but CFR experts say they will make it harder to collaborate with governments such as Pakistan, hurt sensitive relationships, and hinder the open exchanges successful diplomacy requires.
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Max Boot reviews Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, by Robert Coram.
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Max Boot reviews The Gun by C.J. Chivers.
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Max Boot says defense cuts will leave the United Kingdom unable to support its current deployment in Afghanistan.
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Increased military pressure and reassurances by the United States that it will not pull out of Afghanistan in July 2011 are keys to successful negotiations with the Taliban, says CFR's Max Boot.
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Max Boot reviews Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars.
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Max Boot says a strategy that focuses on defeating the Taliban and reducing the corruption that allows them to thrive can produce victory in Afghanistan.
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Max Boot argues that even with the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq, the United States must continue to fight for Iraq's future.
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Max Boot argues that lawmakers should look to history before rushing to cut defense spending.
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