This mildly critical overview of U.S. military capabilities and future defense needs is presented here with competence and balance. It is probably useful for the general audience for which it is apparently intended. Those more steeped in defense issues will find little that is new in detail or analysis.
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Defense or Delusion? America's Military in the 1980s
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Defense or Delusion? America's Military in the 1980s
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