Advance Praise for 'US Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory'

I am delighted that people are starting to say some very nice things about my forthcoming book, US Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory.

Tom Wells, esteemed author of Wild Man: The Life and Times of Daniel Ellsberg and the forthcoming The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations, referred to the book as being a “perceptive, intelligent, and engaging history of the intellectual roots and uses of threats of extreme military force by the Eisenhower, Nixon, and Trump administrations.”  

Amie Parnes, the brilliant Senior Correspondent at The Hill, and co-author of several remarkable books, including Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House and Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the White House noted how the book “traces the arc of American foreign policy through the lens of leaders who blurred the line between unpredictability and calculated madness.” She praised the way the text “deftly explores how the “madman” approach—long dismissed or misunderstood—was not just theater, but grand strategy.” Praising the prescient time of the publication, she concluded that it was “essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of the last sixty years of American power—and where it’s headed next.”

Be sure to pre-order your own copy and draw your own conclusions on a book that provides a roadmap for Donald Trump’s actions as president and the impact that this is having on the world around us.