Marching toward hell

Mr. Scheuer reminds us of the federal government's primary responsibility in this book; one which is too often forgotten: promote the country's national (including security) interests. Too often our federal government makes the mistake that President Washington warned against about becoming entangled in other nations' affairs.

His other primary thesis in this book is that the military, through the government's mandates, has forgotten how to fight a war, and instead has become overly concerned with nation-building and international opinion.

He proposes a national conversation about what our national interests are, one that is unafraid of unflattering labels by those who have other interests than the national interests of the United States. Like “Imperial Hubris,” I found this book to be an extraoridinarily thought provoking tome and one which needs to be expounded upon in the public sphere.