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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... Forces. After a bitter presidential campaign during which the Republicans had relentlessly criticized the Democratic stewardship of the Pentagon, the United States had just overwhelmingly prevailed with a military recruited, armed, and ...
... Forces. After a bitter presidential campaign during which the Republicans had relentlessly criticized the Democratic stewardship of the Pentagon, the United States had just overwhelmingly prevailed with a military recruited, armed, and ...
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... force is often needed to defend the nation's interests, and that decisions about employing the American armed forces will therefore remain a central aspect of governance for decades to come. Hard Power Democrats and other moderates ...
... force is often needed to defend the nation's interests, and that decisions about employing the American armed forces will therefore remain a central aspect of governance for decades to come. Hard Power Democrats and other moderates ...
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... force had a great deal of respect for the president.”26 The military expressed their distaste during the Clinton ... armed forces. Still, the fallout was disproportionate to the actual substance of Clinton's military reforms, some of ...
... force had a great deal of respect for the president.”26 The military expressed their distaste during the Clinton ... armed forces. Still, the fallout was disproportionate to the actual substance of Clinton's military reforms, some of ...
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... armed forces brought him into particular conflict with the Joint Chiefs, including the much-acclaimed General Colin Powell, who was one of the plan's most forceful and articulate opponents. Powell began meeting with Clinton and ...
... armed forces brought him into particular conflict with the Joint Chiefs, including the much-acclaimed General Colin Powell, who was one of the plan's most forceful and articulate opponents. Powell began meeting with Clinton and ...
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... Air Force each took the unusual step of reminding officers that Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice explicitly prohibits them from speaking “contemptuous words” about the president and other civilian leaders of the ...
... Air Force each took the unusual step of reminding officers that Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice explicitly prohibits them from speaking “contemptuous words” about the president and other civilian leaders of 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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