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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... improve their own political fortunes may need to convey more than simple competence to compete with neoconservatives on vision. Leading Democrats, many independents, and an increasing number of Republicans have expressed anxiety about ...
... improve their own political fortunes may need to convey more than simple competence to compete with neoconservatives on vision. Leading Democrats, many independents, and an increasing number of Republicans have expressed anxiety about ...
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... improving our schools and dealing with the health challenges of the disadvantaged and the intractable problems of global poverty—by suggesting that these were national-security matters. Even if often right, this line of reasoning ...
... improving our schools and dealing with the health challenges of the disadvantaged and the intractable problems of global poverty—by suggesting that these were national-security matters. Even if often right, this line of reasoning ...
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... improved position will quite likely be a temporary phenomenon. If the situation in Iraq improves even modestly, or US. troops there are withdrawn in large numbers, the Republican position could revert to recent norms. And in any case ...
... improved position will quite likely be a temporary phenomenon. If the situation in Iraq improves even modestly, or US. troops there are withdrawn in large numbers, the Republican position could revert to recent norms. And in any case ...
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... improvement, and even less hope for improvement through military means. As a result—even though, in. lT'S THE WAR, STUPID 0 21.
... improvement, and even less hope for improvement through military means. As a result—even though, in. lT'S THE WAR, STUPID 0 21.
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... improve the situation. His attempts to change his antimilitary persona were halting at best, and when they occurred, could scarcely have been more counterproductive. One of the most uncomfortable images of this came “a few days into his ...
... improve the situation. His attempts to change his antimilitary persona were halting at best, and when they occurred, could scarcely have been more counterproductive. One of the most uncomfortable images of this came “a few days into his ...
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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