Terror & Future Wars
Inerrant and extremely powerful modern weapons and Islamic fundamentalist terrorists who are using guerrilla tactics to avoid these weapons delineate the wars we must fight in the future. These two factors have created a new revolution in warfare.
Military Doctrine of Vietnamese Leader Giap
Excerpt from The Future of Warfare, by Bevin Alexander, pages 163-66
[Vietnamese Communist military commander Vo Nguyen] Giap summarized his theory of indirect war as follows: "Is the enemy strong? One avoids him. Is he weak? One attacks him." Read more >>
Mao Zedong’s Theories on Warfare
Excerpt from The Future of Warfare, by Bevin Alexander, pages 130-31
Lawrence [of Arabia] and Mao [Zedong] recognized it is destructive to throw weakly armed forces directly against conventional armies with heavy weapons and air power. Read more >>
The United States Will Not Create an Empire
Excerpt from The Future of Warfare, by Bevin Alexander, pages 22-23
During the Cold War, Americans saw their strategy as protecting all nations against domination by a world power. To some degree, the U.S. still perceives itself as continuing to guard the free world. Read more >>
Extreme Left Like Neville Chamberlain
Excerpt from How America Got It Right, by Bevin Alexander, page 228
Countries unwilling to take up the challenge of terrorism are like British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, who appeased Adolf Hitler, wishing the danger of Nazi Germany would go away. Read more >>
The United States Must Not Give Up
Excerpt from How America Got It Right, by Bevin Alexander, page 250
It is inconceivable that the United States, after having conquered Afghanistan and Iraq and driven al Qaeda into hiding, will give up with the job half done. Read more >>
We Must Limit Occupations of Rogue States
Excerpt from How America Got It Right, by Bevin Alexander, pages 233-34
The circumstances in Iraq and Afghanistan demonstrated an important truth: It’s easy to topple a dictatorship, but it’s impossible to impose political solutions by military occupation. Read more >>
Removing Saddam Was Right
Excerpt from How America Got It Right, by Bevin Alexander, page 223
The decision to remove Saddam Hussein in the spring of 2003 was completely justified, and the logic of the move, simplicity itself. Read more >>
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