“Nuclear weapons made global warfare of the twentieth century variety too costly to conduct. But cyber weapons make far more likely an era of nearly permanent or persistent conflict that seeks to degrade rather than destroy enemies, and to do so at a distance, behind cover of anonymity, with few if any human assets at risk. In a hundred years we may have gone from the war to end all wars to the war that never ends.”
― National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear
― National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear
“In place of philosophy, which involves developing a system of belief based on questioning and reasoning, many of our modern leaders have embraced ideology, which is based on having a system of beliefs essentially stripped of the questions.”
― Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power
― Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power
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