Time and time again, American taxpayers are being asked to open their wallets and pay for a $1 national security vehicle. trillion act Yet, time and time again, the US government gets it wrong on important issues. So what can be done? Enter bestselling author Tom Shanker and defense expert Andrew Hoehn. With decades of national security expertise between them and access to virtually every expert, they look at what’s wrong with national security and how to make it right.
Age of danger looks at the major challenges facing America, from superpowers like Russia and China to emerging threats like pandemics, cybersecurity, climate change, and drones, and reimagines the national security apparatus into something that can truly keep Americans safe : Combining expert analysis with exclusive interviews with a new generation of national security leaders, Shanker and Hoehn argue that the United States must create an industrial-grade, life-saving machine from a system that for too long has focused only on deterrence. adversaries and conducting global military operations. It is a timely and important call to action. a call that, if heeded, could save American lives, money, and our future on the world stage.
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