Mac Owens goes spelunking through 'US Civil-Military Relations After 9/11'

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Monday, February 14, 2011 - 9:59 AM Share

Mackubin Owens's new book, US Civil-Military Relations After 9/11, landed in my mailbox recently. I haven't had a chance to read it yet because I am deep into Vietnam War research and have about another 30 books to go before disappearing into the archives again later this month. But the Owens volume looks terrific. (Mac, by the way, is a Silver Star recipient who led a Marine infantry platoon in Vietnam and now leads classes at the Naval War College.) Anyone interested in this subject is going to have to get a copy.

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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