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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: FaultLine who wrote (26424)4/22/2002 4:47:32 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
It is war, and, as Churchill put it, no one -- Palestinian, Israeli or American -- who "embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter."


What a superb piece! Here is the writer's background:(I find that he has published in "Foreign Affairs")

Eliot Cohen
Professor and Director of Strategic Studies

Areas of Expertise:
Middle East; Persian Gulf; Iraq; arms control; international relations; military power and strategy; NATO; strategic and security issues

Background and Education:
Served on the policy planning staff of the secretary of Defense and directed the U.S. Air Force?s Gulf War Air Power Survey; former professor at Harvard University and the U.S. Naval War College; Ph.D., political science, Harvard University

Publications:
Knives, Tanks & Missiles: Israel?s Security Revolution, co-author (1998); Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in Twentieth Century Warfare, co-author (1990); Citizens and Soldiers: The Dilemmas of Military Service (1985); Commandos and Politicians: Elite Military Units in Modern Democracies (1978); numerous articles; contributing editor to The New Republic and National Review
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