I've just started a new book call Decision At Sea, Five Naval Battles That Shaped American History - by Craig L. Symonds. Symonds lists the five battles starting back in 1813 with the small fleet action of Oliver Hazzard Perry's victory on lake Erie and ends with a very obscure battle in 1988 called Operation Praying Mantis in the middle east.
Symonds points out that there is a lot of American history that was made by the involvement of our military. It seems that all presidents used the military to accomplish tasks that could not be handled any other way. It's the nature of things in this world and to deny this is to fool ones self into thinking human nature is anything but fickle.
Unfortunately, today, there are many people in and out of power in this country that will deny the existence of evil forces in this world. They see no use for a military. They have no vision of the future because the have no sense of the present and lack the skills to learn from history.
More on this book in the future - it's a great read so far -
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