The New Way of American Warfare

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 11, 2016

James Kitfield, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, former senior correspondent for National Journal and the author of Twilight Warriors: The Soldiers, Spies, and Special Agents Who Are Revolutionizing the American Way of War (Basic Books, 2016), tells the story of how the 9/11 attacks and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created new inter-agency forces.

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