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Video: Tom Ricks "The Generals" Book Launch
On November 8, CNAS hosted the book launch for The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to the Present by Thomas E. Ricks, Senior Fellow at CNAS and Contribut...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Video Highlights: Tom Ricks "The Generals" Book Launch
On November 8, CNAS hosted the book launch for The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to the Present by Thomas E. Ricks, Senior Fellow at CNAS and Contribut...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Questioning the Brass
OVER the last 11 years, as we fought an unnecessary war in Iraq and an unnecessarily long one in Afghanistan, the civilian American leadership has been thoroughly — and justly...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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General Failure
On June 13, 1944, a few days after the 90th Infantry Division went into action against the Germans in Normandy under the command of Brigadier General Jay MacKelvie, MacKelvie’...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today
In The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today, CNAS Senior Fellow Thomas E. Ricks explores the history of American military leaders and the growing div...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Let’s Draft Our Kids
In late June, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the former commander of international forces in Afghanistan, called for reinstating the draft. “I think if a nation goes to war, ever...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Toss Out the All-Volunteer Military
Since the end of the military draft in 1973, every person joining the U.S. armed forces has done so because he or she asked to be there. Over the past decade, this all-volunte...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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MSNBC Interviews Tom Ricks on Obama's Strategy to Find bin Laden
In an interview on MSNBC, CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks discusses the differences between the Obama and Bush administrations in plans to locate Osama bin Laden. Watch the vide...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Tom Ricks on Meet the Press
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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CNAS Fourth Annual Conference: Shaping the Agenda- Future of the Force
Tom Ricks moderates a panel that examines how the U.S. military will evolve in light of current needs and future constraints. The panel included noted experts such as SOCOM co...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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Tom Ricks Book Launch, The Gamble
February 12, 2009 - The Center for a New American Security was thrilled to host CNAS Senior Fellow and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Thomas E. Ricks in an event to release...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
February 10, 2009 - In his new book out in stores February 10, CNAS Senior Fellow Thomas E. Ricks documents the inside story of the Iraq war since late 2005. Using hundreds of...
By Michael J Zubrow & Thomas E. Ricks