New Trump Adviser Is 'Not Much Of A Carrot Man'

Peter Bergen wrote for CNN about the designation of John Bolton as President Trump's National Security Advisor:

As John Bolton settles into his new job as US National Security Adviser this week in the midst of raging international issues, officials in Washington and foreign capitals will be putting significant effort into trying to predict the behavior of the mustachioed 69-year-old aide to President Donald Trump.

They should start by reading "Surrender is Not an Option," Bolton's comprehensive 2007 memoir about working for the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. It provides much insight into Bolton's views about American national security.

Despite its tendentious title -- has any US politician or policymaker really advocated American surrender? -- Bolton's 504-page memoir is an invaluable road map to what he believes and how he does business. For that reason alone it should be required reading for those at the White House, Pentagon and State Department who will be dealing with him, as well as for his foreign counterparts and their staffs.