Dwight Eisenhower once said, “The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.” Some argue that the Pentagon (the epicenter of America’s defense) has evolved from a protective to a pernicious influence on the country’s international relations. After tonight’s 6:05 p.m. Cubs game, we will examine the role of the Pentagon in American history and in current American foreign policy—both positive and negative—with two experts: JOHN ALLEN WILLIAMS, professor of political science at Loyola University Chicago and an expert on the American military and national security, and National Book Award-winning author JAMES CARROLL, who tackles this very subject in his new book House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power.