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Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos, by Robert D. Kaplan (Random House, 198 pp., $22.95)
Since September 11, America's political and military leaders have had to make many tough moral decisions. How many Afghan civilian casualties would be "acceptable" in waging the war on terror? How cozy should the U.S. become with unsavory regimes in the Middle East, if they could provide key intelligence that might help us nab Osama bin Laden and other terrorist bosses? Should the U.S. use targeted assassination to take out terrorists? For some, even to contemplate measures that would involve civilian casualties, alliances with despots, or assassination is ...