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A review by christoke
The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare by Christian Brose
4.0
***4.5 stars***
So I finished this in 5 days, which is a major testament to the pacing (and narration in my case) of this book. The book reads like a thriller, with the terrifying topic being that technology is rapidly changing, and the US military is falling behind. The author narrates the book, and he really drives home the urgency and grim nature of the problem our nation faces.
This book does an excellent job of looking at this problem with global and historical perspective. It is particularly timely reading this book as Russia is invading Ukraine. It talks about how powers like Russia and China have been preparing to re-emerge as super powers, and how our limited status as the Hyper-power has led our military to become complacent. It is particularly disconcerting (albeit valuable perspective) to learn that if we went to war with Russia and especially China, we would almost certainly lose right now.
This book does become a bit repetitive which is the only reason I gave it the 4.5, but it also has many interesting sections where the author images what the future of our military could look like.
The author spent a lot of time working with John McCain, and I do like one philosophy McCain apparently insisted on - not describing lots of problems without potential solutions. This book describes what challenges our country faces, but also what we could do to meet those challenges. He also provides some perspective on what failing to do so could mean.
So I finished this in 5 days, which is a major testament to the pacing (and narration in my case) of this book. The book reads like a thriller, with the terrifying topic being that technology is rapidly changing, and the US military is falling behind. The author narrates the book, and he really drives home the urgency and grim nature of the problem our nation faces.
This book does an excellent job of looking at this problem with global and historical perspective. It is particularly timely reading this book as Russia is invading Ukraine. It talks about how powers like Russia and China have been preparing to re-emerge as super powers, and how our limited status as the Hyper-power has led our military to become complacent. It is particularly disconcerting (albeit valuable perspective) to learn that if we went to war with Russia and especially China, we would almost certainly lose right now.
This book does become a bit repetitive which is the only reason I gave it the 4.5, but it also has many interesting sections where the author images what the future of our military could look like.
The author spent a lot of time working with John McCain, and I do like one philosophy McCain apparently insisted on - not describing lots of problems without potential solutions. This book describes what challenges our country faces, but also what we could do to meet those challenges. He also provides some perspective on what failing to do so could mean.