Understanding how the recent past produced the present is the first step in anticipating the future. The first months of President Donald Trump’s second administration confirmed that the stories and analysis in At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World foreshadowed current events and presidential decisions.

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Summarizing previous work, telling some new stories, and recommending ways that the United States can work with allies and partners to restore peace, prevent war, and promote prosperity.

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H.R. McMaster

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H. R. McMaster is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and distinguished visiting fellow at Arizona State University. He is author of the bestselling books Dereliction of Duty, Battlegrounds, and At War With Ourselves.