Cohen--one of the country's top military experts. in an ideal world, would be in Wolfowitz's job, or Rumsfeld's. Someone should post his WSJ Iraq piece from today.
Who dat? Steven? Don't know the name. The remaining are all familiar names. Thanks for the time, effort, etc.
The one I find the scariest among the set is Bolton. Never seen him on TV but best I can tell he's the key player in issues like disarmament; Rumsfeld's guy in Powell's shop. Wonder why Powell allowed that?
Kristol, because of his TV appearances, is someone I read, listen to. Always disagree but, on occasion, learn.
Oh, yes, the book. Still reading. Introduction was interesting but nothing new; Jenkins was surprisingly well written (some prejudice there on my part) but nothing new; Foud Ajami's piece is the worst I've read by him--one of his faults is a tendency to reach for poetry before he gets his point clear--in this essay he skims way over all the particulars trying to reach the poetry--not much help; the Doran piece is the cream of the early set.
That ended it for my over the weekend work. On this early evidence, I would guess the book might have a long history (three or four years) as a basic text for certain kinds of political science undergrad courses, some multidisciplinary courses on terrorism, and on international relations.
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