Hard Power: The New Politics of National SecurityBasic Books, 2007 M03 9 - 336 pages Our ideas about national security have changed radically over the last five years. It has become a political tool, a "wedge issue," a symbol of pride and fear. It is also the one issue above all others that can make or break an election. And this is why the Democratic Party has been steadily losing power since 2001. In Hard Power, Michael O'Hanlon, an expert on foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, and Kurt Campbell, an authority on international security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, explain how the Democrats lost credibility on issues of security and foreign policy, how they can get it back -- and why they must. They recall the successful Democratic military legacy of past decades, as well as recent Democratic innovations -- like the Homeland Security Office and the idea of nation-building -- that have been successfully co-opted by the Republican administration. And, most importantly, they develop a broad national security vision for America, including specific defense policies and a strategy to win the war on terror. |
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... office in 2000 calling for a more “humble” approach to the world and greater emphasis on traditional national interests instead of “nation building” has instead outlined a broad interventionist doctrine of preemption and placed the ...
... office in 2000 calling for a more “humble” approach to the world and greater emphasis on traditional national interests instead of “nation building” has instead outlined a broad interventionist doctrine of preemption and placed the ...
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... obvious. This was the party of John F. Kennedy, whose claims of a “missile gap” helped him get elected to office. Indeed, the Republican Party traditionally has been more dominated by isolationists, right up to Pat. 16 0 HARD POWER.
... obvious. This was the party of John F. Kennedy, whose claims of a “missile gap” helped him get elected to office. Indeed, the Republican Party traditionally has been more dominated by isolationists, right up to Pat. 16 0 HARD POWER.
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... office with ambitious plans to create a New Deal—inspired legacy with his “Great Society” programs, Lyndon Baines Iohnson's decision to step up military operations in Vietnam undermined his domestic agenda—and public confidence in the ...
... office with ambitious plans to create a New Deal—inspired legacy with his “Great Society” programs, Lyndon Baines Iohnson's decision to step up military operations in Vietnam undermined his domestic agenda—and public confidence in the ...
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... office, including the enlargement of NATO to include former Warsaw Pact countries, the successful negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the NATO victory in the Balkans. However, these successes did not appear to ...
... office, including the enlargement of NATO to include former Warsaw Pact countries, the successful negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the NATO victory in the Balkans. However, these successes did not appear to ...
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... office, Republicans had managed to brand Democrats as national-security wimps. Democrats had gotten the United States into Vietnam, had made a hash of things, and then washed their hands of the mess they had made, leaving it to the ...
... office, Republicans had managed to brand Democrats as national-security wimps. Democrats had gotten the United States into Vietnam, had made a hash of things, and then washed their hands of the mess they had made, leaving it to the ...
Contents
H A P T E R T W 0 | 47 |
CHAPTER THREE | 75 |
H A P T E R F O U | 119 |
HA P T E R FIVE | 137 |
HA P T E R S IX | 159 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 185 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 211 |
CONCLUSION | 237 |
Notes | 253 |
Index | 291 |
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