America and the Future of War
Williamson Murray, America and the Future of War (Hoover Institution Press, 2017)
Summary: The best single-volume primer on U.S. defense policy and the world it confronts. Neither uplifting nor depressing; simply sober and concise. Can be read quickly in an afternoon or leisurely over a weekend.
Key Quote: "Thus, only a few great statesmen and historians have any sense of the fact that they are riding a world awash in change, the second- and third-order effects of which they can barely sense." - p. 68
Bottom Line: Read this book if you what to learn how one of the greatest living military historians thinks about the future.
