One theory is that we will make war look so attractive that we undermine the deterrent. That's Never Never Land. What we have now would have been enough to deter Hitler. But we are talking in a different order of reality.

Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security.

The Chinese military budget today is officially listed as, I think, about $15 billion. But even if you double it, that's only a tenth of ours. So the possibility of China challenging the United States for the next ten years over the Pacific is next to zero. There could be a conflict between us and China over Taiwan, but I think that, too, will not occur with the proper policies on both sides.

Iraq has to be made an international, and not just a national American problem.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.