New World Strategy: A Military Policy for America's Future

by Harry G. Summers Jr.

In this collection of essays, Colonel Summers brings to the disorder and confusion of the post-Cold War world his usual common sense and many keen insights....[He] is particularly impressive in examining the (uniquely) American way of war -- and in analyzing the dagers to our democracy in times, such as these, in which we appear adrift.
-- James Schlesinger, Former Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA

272 pages, Paperback

First published November 9, 1995

About the author

Harry G. Summers Jr. is best known as the author of an analysis of the Vietnam War, On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War (1982). An infantry colonel in the US Army, he had served as a squad leader in the Korean War and as a battalion and corps operations officer in the Vietnam War. Summers was also an instructor and Distinguished Fellow at the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and served on the negotiation team for the United States at the end of the Vietnam War.

Aside from his books, Summers wrote a syndicated national newspaper column on national security affairs for the Los Angeles Times and was the editor of Vietnam Magazine. He was also a frequent speaker at colleges, lectures, and debates.

During Operation Desert Storm, Summers served as a color commentator and analyst on the ongoing live network news broadcasts and for a time became a familiar face to the television viewers. In 1992, he wrote a book on the Gulf War, On Strategy II: A Critical Analysis of the Gulf War.

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summers shares some good observations on the future of the military from the post Cold War, mid 90's perspective and what should happen for our successful future. It's a bummer Summers died before Iraq and Afghanistan, I would like to have read his opinion. Good, easy to follow writing style, and a solid bibliography. Check it out.