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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... economy, he found the time to send a letter of effusive praise to an obscure university professor. Why? To try to wrap his own man in the cloak of Lincoln, probably. But there was likely something else at work. Perhaps Rove felt duty ...
... economy, he found the time to send a letter of effusive praise to an obscure university professor. Why? To try to wrap his own man in the cloak of Lincoln, probably. But there was likely something else at work. Perhaps Rove felt duty ...
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... economic competitiveness was as important as addressing traditional threats to our national security. And throughout the last decade, U.S. officials and activists attempted to rally support for a broad range of issues—including ...
... economic competitiveness was as important as addressing traditional threats to our national security. And throughout the last decade, U.S. officials and activists attempted to rally support for a broad range of issues—including ...
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... economic issues will rise to the level of national debate, the politics of national security will likely determine the outcome of the 2008 election, just as they did in 1952. In 1952, the opposition Republican Party bypassed its ...
... economic issues will rise to the level of national debate, the politics of national security will likely determine the outcome of the 2008 election, just as they did in 1952. In 1952, the opposition Republican Party bypassed its ...
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... economy, stupid.” With the Cold War over, Americans did not place a high priority on national security—and those few who ... economic concerns trumped military matters in the 1992 election and, along with a third party candidate that ...
... economy, stupid.” With the Cold War over, Americans did not place a high priority on national security—and those few who ... economic concerns trumped military matters in the 1992 election and, along with a third party candidate that ...
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... involved matters on which they were not usually experts, but much to the consternation of their active-duty counterparts, their endorsements were used by the campaign “not to justify [Clinton's] economic. IT'S THE WAR, STUPID 0 23.
... involved matters on which they were not usually experts, but much to the consternation of their active-duty counterparts, their endorsements were used by the campaign “not to justify [Clinton's] economic. IT'S THE WAR, STUPID 0 23.
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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