America’s War Habit
The articles in your special issue “Needed: A New Foreign Policy” [July 16/23] exaggerate the potential for a public challenge to militarism and the readiness of the public even to do so.
Why would Mr. Obama side with China?
The Feb. 21 Washington Post editorial, “Why would Mr. Obama side with China?” suggested that the Kremlin ended Soviet dissident…
Melvin A. Goodman
Melvin A. Goodman is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC, and an adjunct professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University. His 42-year government career included tours at the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, and the Department of Defense’s National War College, where he was a professor of international security.
You might be wondering what took so long for my new book to come out.
After encountering constant delays and road blocks during the review process, my book has been in a holding pattern, waiting for publication for more than a year.
As a result, I am one of five former federal employees that filed a lawsuit against several agencies, asserting that the government’s pre-review process for publication is an unconstitutional “system of censorship.”
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