''Indispensable. Battlegrounds provides a comprehensive and expert review of the strategic threats the US faced when the author was in the White House - not only the Chinese challenge but also Russia''s troublemaking everywhere from Syria to cyberspace, and the perennial North Korean and Iranian menaces'' TLS Praise for H.R. McMaster''s Dereliction of Duty ''A stunning book: eloquent and highly effective. The word noble would not be going too far.'' Paul Fussell, author of The Great War & Modern Memory ''Well-written and full of enlightening new details . Significantly adds to the historical record of a great national failure.'' Arnold R.

Isaacs, Washington Post ''Carefully researched and vividly narrated, H.R. McMaster''s book adds a new and disturbing dimension to an understanding of the decisions that propelled us into the Vietnam war. It should be read by anyone interested in the origins of one of the great tragedies in American history.'' Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of Vietnam: A History ''A book to boggle your mind with new revelations of ineptness, duplicity, and arrogance amongst the senior-most officials of the United States . McMaster pastes all the puzzle pieces together to reveal a plot Shakespearean in its proportions . McMaster''s scholarship and presentation is exemplary. The author''s arguments are coherent and convincing and important to the historical record.

'' Peter Arnett, The Washington Monthly ''An outstanding example of historical research, interpretation, scholarship, and fair-minded analysis.'' Donald Kagan, author of On the Origins of War e decisions that propelled us into the Vietnam war. It should be read by anyone interested in the origins of one of the great tragedies in American history.'' Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of Vietnam: A History ''A book to boggle your mind with new revelations of ineptness, duplicity, and arrogance amongst the senior-most officials of the United States . McMaster pastes all the puzzle pieces together to reveal a plot Shakespearean in its proportions . McMaster''s scholarship and presentation is exemplary. The author''s arguments are coherent and convincing and important to the historical record.'' Peter Arnett, The Washington Monthly ''An outstanding example of historical research, interpretation, scholarship, and fair-minded analysis.

'' Donald Kagane decisions that propelled us into the Vietnam war. It should be read by anyone interested in the origins of one of the great tragedies in American history.'' Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of Vietnam: A History ''A book to boggle your mind with new revelations of ineptness, duplicity, and arrogance amongst the senior-most officials of the United States . McMaster pastes all the puzzle pieces together to reveal a plot Shakespearean in its proportions . McMaster''s scholarship and presentation is exemplary. The author''s arguments are coherent and convincing and important to the historical record.'' Peter Arnett, The Washington Monthly ''An outstanding example of historical research, interpretation, scholarship, and fair-minded analysis.'' Donald Kagan, author of On the Origins of War e decisions that propelled us into the Vietnam war.

It should be read by anyone interested in the origins of one of the great tragedies in American history.'' Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of Vietnam: A History ''A book to boggle your mind with new revelations of ineptness, duplicity, and arrogance amongst the senior-most officials of the United States . McMaster pastes all the puzzle pieces together to reveal a plot Shakespearean in its proportions . McMaster''s scholarship and presentation is exemplary. The author''s arguments are coherent and convincing and important to the historical record.'' Peter Arnett, The Washington Monthly ''An outstanding example of historical research, interpretation, scholarship, and fair-minded analysis.'' Donald Kagany anyone interested in the origins of one of the great tragedies in American history.'' Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of Vietnam: A History ''A book to boggle your mind with new revelations of ineptness, duplicity, and arrogance amongst the senior-most officials of the United States .

McMaster pastes all the puzzle pieces together to reveal a plot Shakespearean in its proportions . McMaster''s scholarship and presentation is exemplary. The author''s arguments are coherent and convincing and important to the historical record.'' Peter Arnett, The Washington Monthly ''An outstanding example of historical research, interpretation, scholarship, and fair-minded analysis.'' Donald Kagan, author of On the Origins of War.