Editors' Choice, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW *
"Ambitious and valuable" --WASHINGTON POST
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Unger should be commended for contributing to the debate...
persuasive."
-- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Unger's broad indictment of defense policy--bipartisan if not nonpartisan--is
sure to spark considerable and worthy debate."
-- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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An important perspective about opportunities missed and roads not taken"
-- KIRKUS REVIEWS
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Thoughtful work for your smart political readers."
-- LIBRARY JOURNAL
"David Unger's
informative, historical and incisive narrative clearly illustrates that that the challenge of upholding democratic principles is a constantly evolving challenge for even the most mature of democracies and makes clear that there is no trade-off between security and the respect for human rights and civil liberties."
-- Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006) "Like a skilled surgeon, David Unger lays bare the pathologies that have disfigured U. S. national security policy over the course of many decades. The result is
a thoughtful, judicious, immensely readable, and vitally important book."
-- Andrew J. Bacevich, author of WASHINGTON RULES and THE LIMITS OF POWER