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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... percent of respondents said the United States should “mind its own business” internationally, reflecting a climate similar to that of the Vietnam hangover of the mid—19705 and Bill Clinton's post—Cold War foreign-policy difficulties of ...
... percent of respondents said the United States should “mind its own business” internationally, reflecting a climate similar to that of the Vietnam hangover of the mid—19705 and Bill Clinton's post—Cold War foreign-policy difficulties of ...
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... percent of the electorate cited either Iraq or the war on terrorism as the policy issue they were most concerned about. This marked a significant jump from the 12 percent that cited “world affairs” as the issue that most concerned them ...
... percent of the electorate cited either Iraq or the war on terrorism as the policy issue they were most concerned about. This marked a significant jump from the 12 percent that cited “world affairs” as the issue that most concerned them ...
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... percent of voters who put Iraq or the war on terrorism at the top of their priorities list, 60 percent favored President Bush in 2004; an overwhelming 86 percent of those most worried about the war on terror favored the incumbentln the ...
... percent of voters who put Iraq or the war on terrorism at the top of their priorities list, 60 percent favored President Bush in 2004; an overwhelming 86 percent of those most worried about the war on terror favored the incumbentln the ...
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... percent edge in terms of public confidence. The numbers have generally fluctuated by approximately 10 percentage points over that period, but the gap has been striking for almost four decades.4 The fact that it may have closed somewhat ...
... percent edge in terms of public confidence. The numbers have generally fluctuated by approximately 10 percentage points over that period, but the gap has been striking for almost four decades.4 The fact that it may have closed somewhat ...
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... percent, but they are getting close. Voters in 1952 were primarily preoccupied with the threat of communism, and terrorism is a top concern for voters today. While a host of domestic and economic issues will rise to the level of ...
... percent, but they are getting close. Voters in 1952 were primarily preoccupied with the threat of communism, and terrorism is a top concern for voters today. While a host of domestic and economic issues will rise to the level of ...
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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