Various Authors
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We began with two simple questions: Is the United States now in a new Cold War? If so, what must this country do to prevail? Then we invited 50 distin
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guished Americans to answer those questions. The result is one of the most unusual - an valuable - books ever produced on the topic of national security.Each of the 50, former senior members of the intelligence community, the military, the foreign service and the executive branch, with several outstanding representatives from academia, weighs in with his or her own unique brand of expertise. Their collective purpose: to advise, from their current positions as citizens and patriots, the next iteration of the country's national security leadership on ways in which the United States can win this new Cold War that has emerged between our country and its allies, and the axis comprising the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea.That advice is surprisingly diverse - not that any one of the writers doubts that America is under threat from those four adversaries. Rather, the diversity lies in the approaches to victory. Some offer highly technical and precise recommendations, while others recommend broad reforms that promise to, as the saying goes, create a rising tide that will life all boats. And some warn that the biggest threat facing our country comes not from outside adversaries but from the wide gulf currently dividing the two main political parties and our citizenry. Whatever the differences in content, however, the group shares a staunch belief in the resilience of America and its people, and our capacity to overcome even the most serious and dangerous challenges. If there is a single, recurring and unifying theme in this mix of commentaries, it is hopefulness - hopefulness in the American people and the American spirit. The 50 writers create a collective strategy to, indeed, IMAGINE that we can win the new Cold War.
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