Hard Power: The New Politics of National SecurityBasic Books, 2006 M10 3 - 319 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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... weapons and Special Forces . After a bit- ter presidential campaign during which the Republicans had relentlessly criticized the Democratic stewardship of the Pentagon , the United States had just overwhelmingly prevailed with a ...
... weapons and Special Forces . After a bit- ter presidential campaign during which the Republicans had relentlessly criticized the Democratic stewardship of the Pentagon , the United States had just overwhelmingly prevailed with a ...
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... weapons . We wanted to write a book that , rather than simply castigat- ing the Bush administration for the mistakes made over the course of the last several years , would attempt to put national security into a broader and his- torical ...
... weapons . We wanted to write a book that , rather than simply castigat- ing the Bush administration for the mistakes made over the course of the last several years , would attempt to put national security into a broader and his- torical ...
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... weapon has been the Republicans ' singular calling card in this age of sacred terror since September 11 , 2001. Former president Bill Clinton captured the post - 9 / 11 mindset of the American people — and the exis- tential problem of ...
... weapon has been the Republicans ' singular calling card in this age of sacred terror since September 11 , 2001. Former president Bill Clinton captured the post - 9 / 11 mindset of the American people — and the exis- tential problem of ...
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... weapons of mass destruction in Iraq , Americans have witnessed two of the greatest intelligence failures in American history . The bloody oc- cupation of Iraq and the inadequate response to the 2005 Hurricane Ka- trina disaster have ...
... weapons of mass destruction in Iraq , Americans have witnessed two of the greatest intelligence failures in American history . The bloody oc- cupation of Iraq and the inadequate response to the 2005 Hurricane Ka- trina disaster have ...
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... weapons ) , Kennedy's defense buildup , and Clinton's resolve in dealing with the Chi- nese over Taiwan and his ultimately effective use of force in the Balkans . Moderate Republicans , for their part , want the GOP to be associated ...
... weapons ) , Kennedy's defense buildup , and Clinton's resolve in dealing with the Chi- nese over Taiwan and his ultimately effective use of force in the Balkans . Moderate Republicans , for their part , want the GOP to be associated ...
Contents
Its the War Stupid Why National Security Is the Essential Electoral Issue | 11 |
Irag The Myth of Republican Superiority and the Future | 47 |
Managing the Military | 75 |
Homeland Security Taking It to the Next Level | 119 |
Winning the Long War | 137 |
The Real Triple Threat Energy and Security Global Climate Change and Terrorist Financing | 159 |
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Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security Kurt Campbell,Michael O'Hanlon Limited preview - 2007 |
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