In the first couple paragraphs, he says that the Cold War involved shadowboxing (it involved numerous medium sized wars, just not WW3) and that the Maginot Line

In the first couple paragraphs, he says that the Cold War involved shadowboxing (it involved numerous medium sized wars, just not WW3) and that the Maginot Line was ineffective (it was quite effective, that's why the Germans went through the forest to get around it). I stopped reading.