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Prologue: The Long Shadow of the Long Telegram Eight thousand words scribbled in the drafty apartments of the U.S. embassy in Moscow could be the secret to winning the war against global terrorism. Their author was George F. Kennan, an ambitious, erudite Foreign Service officer with Victorian principles and a penchant for controversy. In 1946, when Kennan penned what became known as the “Long Telegram,” few Americans had ever heard of him or his advice to the State Department about how to deal with the Soviet Union. In the pageant of history, however, Kennan’s missive has become one of those...

Winning the Long War Lessons from the Cold War for Defeating Terrorism and Preserving Freedom By James Jay Carafano and Paul Rosenzweig Review by Tim O'Bryhim First and foremost, James Jay Carafano and Paul Rosenzweig deserve credit for being ambitious. Their new book, Winning the Long War: Lessons from the Cold War for Defeating Terrorism and Preserving Freedom, takes on the political, economic, military, legal, and ethical aspects the War on Terror in just over 200 pages. Carafano and Rosenzweig, with the help of five distinguished contributors, have produced a serious-minded volume that offers no-nonsense ideas for running and winning...