Historian and combat veteran analyzes U.S. losses in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan while warning of economic collapse and war with China by 2033.
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Historian and combat veteran analyzes U.S. losses in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan while warning of economic collapse and war with China by 2033.
Learn from losing three wars—or lose the next one in 2033. Bing West is the only historian to serve on the front lines in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan—and at the highest levels of government. He fought in the battles he writes about, and he explains with firsthand insight why our grunts won the fights, but our presidents lost the wars. The cause, he argues, was hubris. Presidents and policymakers believed the nation was too powerful to fail. That same conceit now threatens America itself. Our ...
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Realistic accounts of combat from Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan
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Central critique of U.S. political hubris, military policy, debt, and China confrontation
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References to suffering and losses across multiple wars
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