Mark Perry

Mark Perry is an author and foreign policy analyst. His most recent book is The Pentagon's Wars (Basic Books, New York).

SHOWDOWN

When the Pentagon Top Brass Said No to the President

The speculation intensifies by the day: Will the generals with whom our bellicose president has surrounded himself ever just say no? There is a precedent.

Mark Perry

Sea Change

Is Obama’s Asia Pivot More Than Talk?

Abandoning our Euro-centric ways and meaningfully engaging with Asia and the Pacific means building a military that is amphibious, airborne, and mobile.

Mark Perry

Response / History

Another Ceasefire, Another Assassination

Mark Perry recounts his role in a 2002 attempt to broker a ceasefire that was scuttled by an Israeli assassination of a Hamas military chief.

Mark Perry