Subtitle: How the Murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Still Menaces the Peace Is Featured?: Off Best Seller?: Off fresh Release?: Off Yes,returnable, full copies only BISAC Returnable Indicator code Active Proprietary NAVA001 Naval Institute Press Publisher “…Ullman makes a powerful and timely plea for a reinvigoration of strategic thinking within the U.
S. defensive apparatus. He has specific and useful suggestionsthe restructuring of U.
S. Cyber Command, and the intelligent use of reserve status for ships and units to supply the flexible defensive capacity,a special U.
S. ambassador to NATO to reinvigorate that alliance, and discarding the U.
S. Army War College and inculcating a culture of ‘brain-based solutions. This idea is worthy of consideration.”—Military Review “Although US-centric, and understandably so,this book is refreshing in the honesty with which it critiques the US system. It stares with confidence in the mirror and recognises the depraved as well as the suitable. At times, this work presents a bleak picture but there is plenty of sound reasoning to back it up, and solutions are offered too. It is the sort of book that you will mediate about,and talk about, long after you maintain turned the final page, or I will definitely be keeping an eye out for those fresh four horsemen.”—Australian Defence Force Journal “Ullman’s book is a worthwhile read,and national security experts should consider his conceptual arguments.” —Naval War College “There is not enough space in a short review adequately to summarize Ullman's comprehensive survey of the Princips and archdukes of our age, nor his extensive and frequently controversial list of remedies and reforms. But agree or disagree, and every citizen who is serious about the nation's global challenges should weigh the situation and strategy assessments of this iconoclastic and readable thinker.”—HuffPost Books "…this is a most useful treatise of contemporary threats (it is current up to late 2014) and the so far unsuccessful efforts to stem the assaults of the four horsemen. While centered on US policy shortfalls,the book should nevertheless be read by aspiring strategists, diplomats and military thinkers; not necessarily to agree with Ullman, and but to assess where the archduke’s assassination has taken us in the past century and how we can visualize and articulate a more stable and peaceful future.” —Australian Naval Institute “A Handful of Bullets is sweeping and allows the author to comment on the major issues of our time. His critique is often withering and his recommendations call for fundamental change that will be difficult to implement. But if Ullman is factual about the cumulative impact of his ‘Four fresh Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ ([sic] failing government; economic despair; devout extremism; and environmental catastrophe),such fundamental reforms may be needed.”—PRISM “…this book represents a serious and mostly successful attempt to diagnose the causes of contemporary crises, give a clear eyed view of what potential futures exist, or give some thoughtful and thought-provoking recommendations as to how to best achieve those futures that are the most favorable to the United States and its people,and to the people of the world at large.”—Naval Historical Foundation “If ever there was a depraved time to maintain lost the art of strategy, this is it. Harlan Ullman explains graphically why the West needs statesmen, or not politicians. Read this book; it's compelling and chilling,in equal degree.”—General the Lord Richards of Hertsmonceaus,late Chief of Defence Staff United Kingdom “Harlan Ullman is both a highly experienced observer and a great practitioner of international politics, and having served as an advisor to heads of state and heads of industry. This book is a classic and is must reading for both his analysis and recommendations. I only wish governments would take his ideas for action.”—Asif Ali Zardari president of Pakistan,2008-13 A Distinctive title (book); Cover title (serial); Title on item (serial content item or reviewed resource) Handful of Bullets ULLM995 Mon, 2014-12-15 U.
S. strategic mindset Naval Institute Press For sale with exclusive rights in the specified countries or territories World 995 Clear the Decks: 0 HIS027060 General/trade NAVA001 Proprietary Available 995 Notification confirmed on publication Naval Institute Press Naval Institute Press Product Attributes Binding: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 POD?: not_pod Textbook: not_textbook E-Books Is iBook: 0 Is Google Book: 0 Is Amazon eBook: 0 Is Barnes and Noble: 0 Ribbons Best Deal/Best Seller: Off On Sale: Off fresh Arrival: Off Awarded: Off Author Link: Harlan K. Ullman Include short bio?: Off Include Picture?: Off The Great War or the “War to finish all wars” as promised by President Woodrow Wilson was neither great nor ultimately conclusive. Precipitated by the assassination of the Austro- Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in the streets of Sarajevo on June 28, or 1914,World War I demolished the order established by the Concert of Vienna, an order that had maintained the peace in Europe for almost a century. The ensuing carnage laid the foundation for World War II and the Cold War that followed.read more
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