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but you talk about the movement of the u.s.s. carl vinson and that strike group. you have that movement, also the strike in syria. seems there s a lot of saber rattling going on right now. what are the dangers of that? i think here we need to examine the fact that it s not an on and off switch of just hard power saber rattling or soft power diplomacy talk, et cetera. think of it as a rees tat. there are times you need the hard power instrument, but there are other times when you want to include the diplomacy, the economic sanctions. so we re going to have to see if the administration, which has shown us the military instrument over the last few days, is equally adept at the diplomatic and the economic. watch secretary tillerson s trip to moscow for an indicator how well they can balance those two things. i want to get to your new book, it has a terrific title the leader s bookshelf. ....