The way a nation wages war - the role allotted to the people in defending the country and the purposes for which it fights - testifies to the actual character of its political system. (Andrew Bacevich)

The way a nation wages war - the role allotted to the people in defending the country and the purposes for which it fights - testifies to the actual character of its political system.

Andrew Bacevich

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