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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... stabilization and reconstruction missions—and take these missions much more seriously than the Bush administration has done. They would be attentive to military advice yet willing to challenge the uniformed services as well, taking a ...
... stabilization and reconstruction missions—and take these missions much more seriously than the Bush administration has done. They would be attentive to military advice yet willing to challenge the uniformed services as well, taking a ...
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... stabilization and reconstruction efforts are of paramount importance when hard power is used the way it was in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is something the Bush administration dismaIIy failed to appreciate. The United States also must ...
... stabilization and reconstruction efforts are of paramount importance when hard power is used the way it was in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is something the Bush administration dismaIIy failed to appreciate. The United States also must ...
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... weeks just before the election that the Bush administration had not, to his mind, deployed enough troops to stabilize the country. Voters can often tell When a candidate takes national-security positions. 'l2 0 HARD POWER.
... weeks just before the election that the Bush administration had not, to his mind, deployed enough troops to stabilize the country. Voters can often tell When a candidate takes national-security positions. 'l2 0 HARD POWER.
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... stabilization and rebuilding after the kinetic phases of war. Like Democrats, they also need a bolder and bigger vision on related security matters such as the long-term struggle against terrorism and development of an alternative ...
... stabilization and rebuilding after the kinetic phases of war. Like Democrats, they also need a bolder and bigger vision on related security matters such as the long-term struggle against terrorism and development of an alternative ...
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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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