Those who believe that confrontation with China can be a national strategy ... do not understand the dynamics of the current and foreseeable international system,

Each group has what amounts to its own geographically concentrated militia ... Is it then possible to speak of a national army at all?

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

There is nothing we are doing with the Soviet Union that you do not know,

There was not a confrontation,

Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both had exceptional natural abilities. Nelson Rockefeller was very good statewide but never gained national traction.