There's No Longer Any Surprise

Our Military Plans Should Be Based On The Assumption Of Unpredictability, Rather Than On Carefully Drawn, Static Models Of The World.

A Rigid America Is Also Weak And Vulnerable, Because It Sacrifices Its Unique Strength: The Energy Of People Who Think They Can Always Make Something New Of Their Lives.

Successful Societies-those Which Progress Economically And Politically And Can Control The Terms On Which They Deal With The Outside World-succeed Because They Have Found Ways To Match Individual Self-interest To The Collective Good.

For A Decade Or More After The Vietnam War, The People Who Had Guided The U.s. To Disaster Decently Shrank From The Public Stage.

Contrary To What You Might Think, China's Economy Is Relatively Less Efficient, And More Polluting, Than Those Of Rich Countries.