Outmaneuvered, by James A. Warren

America's Tragic Encounter with Warfare from Vietnam to Afghanistan.

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Episode Transcript

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Hello, and welcome to the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich.

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A new historical book is being released this month. It's
called Out Maneuvered, America's Tragic Encounter with Warfare From Vietnam
to Afghanistan. The author is James A. Warren. There's no
question that America has led the world in war fighting
over the last couple of centuries. But historian and foreign
policy analyst James Warren is looking at the failures that
occurred from Vietnam to Afghanistan, and he makes a very
strong argument that misguided foreign policy, ineffective intelligence, and lack

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of military options on the ground have led to wars
with endless fighting and either stalemates or actual loss in conflict.
The author points out that many politicians and leaders began
ignoring the realities of war in the nineteen sixties, wars
that pitted the United States not against harsh political systems,
but in uphill struggles against religion and ideology, where the
old idea of nation building just doesn't cut it. Outmaneuvered

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America's Tragic Encounter with Warfare From Vietnam to Afghanistan a
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