Inside the Five-Sided Box Quotes

“In my view, Putin is a man consumed by three bitter beliefs: that the end of the Cold War was not a rebirth for Russia and its people but a humiliation; that the United States had made a mess of things by destabilizing countries and unhorsing their leaders, and would do the same to Russia and him if it could; and that, therefore, thwarting the United States around the world must be a central objective of Russian foreign policy.”
― Ashton B. Carter, Inside the Five-Sided Box: Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the Pentagon