The Steady but Unremarkable Clement Attlee
Neither patriotism nor pragmatism necessarily mark one out for greatness.
Dov S. Zakheim was an under secretary of defense (2001–4) and a deputy under secretary of defense (1985–87). He is vice chairman of the Center for the National Interest.
This essay was published in the July/August 2017 print magazine under the headline “Belaboured.”
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