Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World

From Lt. General H.R. McMaster, U.S. Army, ret., the former National Security Advisor and author of the bestselling classic Dereliction of Duty, comes a bold and provocative re-examination of the most critical foreign policy and national security challenges that face the United States, and an urgent call to compete to preserve America’s standing and security.

Since the end of the Cold War, American foreign policy has been misconceived and poorly implemented. Meanwhile, threats such as nuclear proliferation and jihadist terrorism have grown. In Battlegrounds, H.R. McMaster lays out a comprehensive indictment of a quarter century of flawed policies and strategies. He describes efforts to reassess and fundamentally shift policies while he was national security advisor, and provides a path forward to improve strategic competence and prevail in complex competitions against our adversaries.

Battlegrounds is a game-changing reassessment of America's place in the world, drawing from McMaster's long engagement with these issues, including thirty-four years of service in the U.S. Army and his thirteen months as national security advisor in the Trump White House. It is also a powerful call for Americans to transcend the vitriol of partisan political discourse, to better educate themselves bout the most significant challenges to national and international security, and to work together to secure peace and prosperity for future generations.