Eliot A. Cohen
Eliot A. Cohen is professor of strategic studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. He previously served on the policy planning staff of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and as an intelligence officer in the US Army Reserve, and he taught at the US Naval War College and at Harvard University. He has written books and articles on a variety of military and national security-related subjects. He served as counselor of the Department of State from 2007 to 2009. He lives in Washington, DC.
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Supreme Command
- By: Eliot A. Cohen
- Narrator: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2003
- Language: English
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The relationship between military leaders and political leaders has always been a complicated one, especially in times of war. When the chips are down, who should run the show, the politicians or the generals?
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The Big Stick
- By: Eliot A. Cohen
- Narrator: Bill Thatcher
- Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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“Speak softly and carry a big stick” Theodore Roosevelt famously said in 1901, when the United States was emerging as a great power. It was the right sentiment, perhaps, in an age of imperial rivalry. But today many Americans doubt the... Read more
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When Alain Delambre lost his job four years ago, he lost everything. Now he’s breaking all the rules for one last shot at the life he thinks he deserves.“you won’t see the final twist coming” The New York Times“A really excellent suspense novelist.” Stephen KingAlain Delambre is a fifty-seven-year-old former HR executive, drained by four years of hopeless unemployment. The only job ...
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