Books of the same time period covered either focus on broad strategic accounts or personal, individual, perspectives. This book sharply connects the two. While it is a Marine’s story, his story is less about him and more about strategy and how his experience provides a voice to that strategy.
President Putin made three foundational assumptions in launching his war against Ukraine that should have been correct but were not. First, Putin assumed the invasion of Ukraine would be a quick and easy fight. Second, he assumed the world would denounce the invasion but tacitly allow it. Third, Putin assumed the war would deter NATO expansion.
