Deterring Rogue States: Preventing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Modern Geopolitics | US National Security Strategy & Global Defense Policies

The American military showed the world what they could do during Gulf War I and during the combat phase of Gulf War II. The big lessons was clear:The American way of war had improved so much that fighting them was not unlike the days of the British rifles and machine guns against native spears.American stealth aircraft couldn't be shot down. The radars, command and control systems, anti-aircraft weapons simply didn't work against them.The American command and control systems were so much better than those of the Iraqi Army that the quality of equipment like tanks didn't have to be better.And the tanks were better. I was visiting the Winchester military ammunition booth at a trade show when an officer just back from Gulf I came by and told the Winchester salesman 'Thank You. Your ammunition goes through the armor of any tank the Iraqi army had, and their ammunition bounced off of our tanks.'The conclusion is really quite simple. If you want to fight against the Americans you either have to out wait them while they kill lots of your people (the North Vietnam approach), or you have to have weapons of Mass Destruction (Iran, North Korea).This book talks about what the rogue states are doing, and how the ideas about deterring the United States are being formulated in the rest of the world. It's clear that the 'mutual assured desctuction' or MAD doctrine doesn't work the same way it did with the Soviet Union. It's points are interesting. Unfortunately we will have to wait several years to see how it all turns out.