Robert D. Kaplan, veteran correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and author of Balkan Ghosts, was given unprecedented access to journey and live with marines and army special forces--America’s imperial grunts on the ground. Kaplan presents an unforgettable insider’s account not only of our country’s current involvement in world affairs, but...

The time is ripe for a more realistic, balanced reappraisal of what air power can--and cannot--be expected to accomplish against present and future threats to U.S. national security.

The international community is creating a dynamic that threatens to exacerbate the ambiguity concerning Kosovo's political future, rather than resolve it.