This month's issue of The Atlantic is a must-read. There's a great article on preparations for continuity of government in a nuclear war- an issue which has fascinated me for years (which, of course, isn't available online) as well as the cover story, by Robert Kaplan, entitled "The Man who Would be Khan" about the American military atache in Mongolia, a Colonel with the unlikely name of Tom Wilhelm.

Despite the notable flaw of being a liberal who voted for Al Gore in 2000, Colonel Wilhelm seems to be an outstanding example of an American soldier. Albeit, one whose archetype seems more ripped from the history of the British Empire than that of the American Republic.