Return to the American Way of War
Return to the American Way of WarBy Captain Steve F. Kime, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Proceedings Magazine
Somewhere along the way, America lost its ability to best determine when, and when not, to go to war; we continue on this path at our own peril.
During the Cold War, a generation of nuclear-strategy and policy advisers, analysts, and writers was devoted to a crucial but negative concept: not exercising the vast, awful capacities that America had, while, at the same time, being sure that we could.