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CHAPTER TWO
Rumsfeld's Battle
Taking on institutional resistance to change, the new secretary of defense targets the Army. The battle is seen as another chapter in the civilian-military struggle that stretches back to Vietnam But Rumsfeld is determined to remake the military to respond swiftly to threats anywhere.

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