Statecraft : and how to restore America's standing in the world / Dennis Ross.
Not long after 9/11 brought the free world to our side, U.S. foreign policy is in a shambles. Here, peace negotiator Dennis Ross argues that the Bush administration's problems stem from its inability to use the tools of statecraft--diplomatic, economic, and military--to advance our interests. S...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux,
2007.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Sample text Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | Not long after 9/11 brought the free world to our side, U.S. foreign policy is in a shambles. Here, peace negotiator Dennis Ross argues that the Bush administration's problems stem from its inability to use the tools of statecraft--diplomatic, economic, and military--to advance our interests. Statecraft is as old as politics: Plato wrote about it, Machiavelli practiced it. After the demise of Communism, some predicted that statecraft would wither away. But Ross explains that in the globalized world--with its fluid borders, terrorist networks, and violent unrest--statecraft is necessary simply to keep the peace. He outlines how statecraft helped shape a new world order after 1989. He shows how the failure of statecraft in Iraq and the Middle East has undercut the United States internationally, and makes clear that only statecraft can check the rise of China and the danger of a nuclear Iran.--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 370 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0374299285 9780374299286 |