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America the vulnerable council on foreign relations. An alarming and authoritative view of what america still hasnt done and what it needs to do to. Flynn is a practical government veteran who keeps his outrage largely in check. In this powerful and urgently needed call to action, national security expert stephen flynn offers a startling portrait of the radical shortcomings in americas plan for homeland security.
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America the vulnerable isnt as powerful or contentious as the bestseller imperial hubris. His reporting from the grounds of ferguson and flint is solidly supported by his meticulous scholarly research as exhibited in the books fifty pages of notated documentation. America the vulnerable inside the new threat matrix of digital espionage, crime, and warfare. In america the vulnerable, brenner offers a chilling and revelatory appraisal of the new faces of war and espionagevirtual battles with.
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