Dame Veronica has some strong qualifications for attempting what must be in any circumstances a daunting task. She is industrious and disciplined . . . Most important of all, she has a gift for narrative. . . . My chief complaint is that she does not allow herself space to present some salient matters in a little more detail and with a little more color. Certainly Mr. Brzezinski is justified in arguing that, unless America gets the military equation right, it will find itself increasingly boxed in.
Military power buys freedom of choice.
This will mean, among other things, ending the welfare state as it exists today. An article by Monica Crowley about Nixon closely resembled an article Johnson had written in 1988.