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In an era of extensive foreign commitments and seemingly perpetual irregular warfare, America’s traditional national security model no longer works. Our forces are exhausted, our small wars stalemated, and our defense budget under inexorable downward pressure. In The New Legions, Major General (Ret.) Edward B. Atkeson reviews the political and military strategies that brought us to this point and proposes an innovative solution: shifting the military burden from U.S. soldiers and Marines to friendly indigenous fighters recruited, trained, and equipped for operation in their native environments. Looking back through history as far as the Roman Empire, Atkeson finds ample precedent for the effectiveness of similar legions of fighters. He lays out how such a program would work and shows how these legions could help the United States achieve its global objectives in six troublesome regions from South America to Southeast Asia in a more cost-effective way. The New Legions will be of interest to policy makers, military strategists, and all citizens seeking a more effective military strategy.

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Ted Atkeson is proposing an imaginative and practical solution to solving the problem of sustaining the volunteer armed force that should be considered seriously by both policy makers and concerned citizens. -- Robert G. Gard, Lieutenant General (Ret), PhD Strategist Major General 'Ted' Atkeson has given us, once again, an important book, The New Legions. He draws lessons from the past, both mistakes and successes, and applies them to future strategy-making. I do believe his work can help us improve American regional security structures. -- David Abshire, Center for Strategic and International Studies, founder In an era of perpetual irregular warfare, Edward Atkeson's innovative idea of recruiting and relying more upon friendly indigenous fighters is nothing short of brilliant. It is most needed now, when our forces are exhausted, conflicts drag on, and the defense budget is under inexorable downward pressure. Atkeson has truly found the right way ahead. All hail The New Legions! -- John Arquilla, defense analyst and author of Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits

Ted Atkeson is proposing an imaginative and practical solution to solving the problem of sustaining the volunteer armed force that should be considered seriously by both policy makers and concerned citizens. Lieutenant General (Ret) Robert G. Gard, PhD

Ted Atkeson is proposing an imaginative and practical solution to solving the problem of sustaining the volunteer armed force that should be considered seriously by both policy makers and concerned citizens. -- Robert G. Gard, Lieutenant General (Ret), PhD Strategist Major General 'Ted' Atkeson has given us, once again, an important book, The New Legions. He draws lessons from the past, both mistakes and successes, and applies them to future strategy-making. I do believe his work can help us improve American regional security structures. -- David Abshire, founder Center for Science and International Studies In an era of perpetual irregular warfare, Edward Atkeson's innovative idea of recruiting and relying more upon friendly indigenous fighters is nothing short of brilliant. It is most needed now, when our forces are exhausted, conflicts drag on, and the defense budget is under inexorable downward pressure. Atkeson has truly found the right way ahead. All hail The New Legions! -- John Arquilla, defense analyst and author of Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits

Ted Atkeson is proposing an imaginative and practical solution to solving the problem of sustaining the volunteer armed force that should be considered seriously by both policy makers and concerned citizens. -- Robert G. Gard, Lieutenant General (Ret), PhD Strategist Major General 'Ted' Atkeson has given us, once again, an important book, The New Legions. He draws lessons from the past, both mistakes and successes, and applies them to future strategy-making. I do believe his work can help us improve American regional security structures. -- David Abshire, Center for Strategic and International Studies, founder In an era of perpetual irregular warfare, Edward Atkeson's innovative idea of recruiting and relying more upon friendly indigenous fighters is nothing short of brilliant. It is most needed now, when our forces are exhausted, conflicts drag on, and the defense budget is under inexorable downward pressure. Atkeson has truly found the right way ahead. All hail The New Legions! -- John Arquilla, defense analyst and author of Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits

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Major General (Ret.) Edward B. Atkeson is a senior fellow at the Institute of Land Warfare, Association of the U.S. Army, and a contributing editor of ARMY magazine. During his military service, he served as Deputy Chief of Intelligence, U.S. Army Europe, and later a member of the National Intelligence Council, under the Director of Central Intelligence. He also served with the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State.

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