Successful Focus Groups, Vol. 156 Book

Although this does not spell out exactly as a trilogy by the author - Barnett, it sort of is as a synthesis of his first two books - "The Pentagon's New Map" and "Blueprint for Action". This was not an easy read, unlike his first two books. A lot of what he said before was repeated here and repeated over and over again I felt. I will say that synthesizing American military coda into "Americanism-cum-globalization" was erudite and refreshing. This book also analyzes the Bush Administration's entry and bungling of Iraq and Afghanistan before delving into American global and economic future after Bush (book was written in 2009). I felt based on Barnett's first two books, his highly critical perspective on Bush's administration war efforts in this particular book although correct was hypocritical based on his grand strategy he presented in 2004 and 2005 respectively. I will leave to each of you to determine this if you so chose in reading Barnett. He is nonetheless as David Ignatius of the Washington Post states, "one of the most influential defense intellectuals writing these days. A combination of Thomas Friedman on globalization and Carl von Klausewitz on war." Touche, there is much to gain from his writing but you've got to be patient as it's long winded before he concludes it as he does very well at the end of each of the books in this "trilogy".