New World Strategy: A Military Policy for America's Future

by Harry G. Summers Jr.

"In this collection of essays, Colonel Summers brings to the disorder and confusion of the post-Cold War world his usual common sense and many keen insights.... He] is particularly impressive in examining the (uniquely) American way of war -- and in analyzing the dagers to our democracy in times, such as these, in which we appear adrift." -- James Schlesinger, Former Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684812088
• ISBN13: 9780684812083
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A proposal for a 21st-Century U.S. military strategy.

An excellent book. Thought provoking, tightly argued, and persuasive. Concisely written in a very readable style. With Clausewitz' teachings as a backdrop, Col. Sumners uses post-WWII examples to propose a U.S. military strategy for the 21st Century. Col. Sumners' discussions of criteria for commitment of the U.S. armed forces should be required reading for governmental officials involved in national defense decisions.

An eye-opener concerning the mindset of America's elite.

The author of this book is effectively a Cold Warrior, who now finds himself seeking a new enemy in the 'New World Disorder.' The 'threat' from the Third World, (i.e. the likelihood that the poorer states of the world may seek to get a better deal,) and the consequent need for the US armed forces to be prepared for war, (so that it can play its role as the international thug,) are its main themes.The author seems to have the strange idea that the American people actually restrained the scope of action of the USA's armed forces - in reality , the existence of countervaling power in the form of the USSR and China did. Why the four star rating then? Because this writer's comments, analysis and plans may prove to be influential in the conduct of the USA militarily and politically in the future. Read it, understand the ideological indoctrination that its author has clearly been through, and prepare for the consequences which such a mindset inevitably leads to, (like the straving of Iraq.) A knowledge of Clausewitz is useful, though not essential for this book.