This book is a great resource that documents the prescience of ARI intellectuals on this topic, beginning soon after 9/11/01, because they were able to see the underlying philosophical principles underpinning various concrete decisions. Reading it in 2018, one gains a great appreciation for the power of ideas and sees directly how the consequences of bad philosophies play out over time. The book covers a lot of ground and is a good refresher of all the ups and downs of this battle, which may have blurred together over the last 17 years.
I still remember Dr. Peikoff being interviewed by John Kasich (filling in for Bill O’Reilly) shortly after 9/11, maybe October 2001. Dr. Peikoff told him exactly what would happen. Kasich was incredulous; he couldn’t process what he was hearing. He categorically denied what Dr. Peikoff was telling him.
I never saw Dr. Peikoff on TV talking about our war effort after that.
