Luke, Have you ever seen this book?
It's an eye opener.
I find it truly amazing how many police actions and "not wars" that we have been in that really don't get mentioned or taught.
I found the first 30 pages of that book alone to have a lot of "holy shit" moments.
It does kind of go along with what you are talking about.
I've heard of it, but haven't read it yet. I'd probably enjoy it, thanks.
Here is a sample... Did you know any of this? I certainly didn't. It adds some impressions for me as to why Russia may not have thought too highly of the U.S. for quite some time. It also makes this interfering with presidency stuff today laughable.
Ugh. I knew some of it concerning how the US (and many of the other Allies) were very concerned about Russia and taking steps to weaken their position after the war, but I didn't know there were boots on the ground as described.
This book is jam packed with things like this. I am actually reading it again... got sucked into it. Think I might make it into a book review style post, but it'll take a bit. I'll also only touch on snippets. You shared some book suggestions with me early on in the summer and they were some of the first things I ever bought with crypto currency. I guess we can count this as me sharing a 1995 book with you. I believe you'll get some knowledge value out of it which you can then use how you see fit of course. :)
It is a good read. I once used it to make a list of the things I'd never been taught. I stopped keeping the list at around page 30 because it was getting to be too extensive and I could tell I'd likely spend more times taking notes than reading the book. So instead I try to revisit it every few years. It is not perfect, no book is, but it is very informative.