In Rough Draft, Amy J. Rutenberg, associate professor of history at Iowa State University, provides a comprehensive and compelling account of the shifting context and profound implications of military manpower policy during the Cold War.
President Putin made three foundational assumptions in launching his war against Ukraine that should have been correct but were not. First, Putin assumed the invasion of Ukraine would be a quick and easy fight. Second, he assumed the world would denounce the invasion but tacitly allow it. Third, Putin assumed the war would deter NATO expansion.
