The good mission.(Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground)(Book Review)

From: National Review | Date: September 26, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground, by Robert D. Kaplan (Random House, 448 pp., $27.95)

THE general caricature of the so-called American imperium portrays it as an overextended giant: We meddle in the affairs of sovereign states, even as our troop levels overseas are dangerously attenuated; enlistees abroad often remain clueless and inept; U.S. soldiers--unlike our diplomats and professors--are oblivious to local cultures and the ramifications of their intrusive presence. This unsustainable effort at world dominion ("overstretch") is directed at ensuring U.S. ...

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