American Force - Dangers, Delusions, and Dilemmas in National Security

Informationen zum Autor Richard K. Betts is director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University! adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations! and author of numerous books on military strategy! intelligence! and foreign policy! including Enemies of Intelligence: Knowledge and Power in American National Security and Soldiers! Statesmen! and Cold War Crises. He has taught at Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University! is a former analyst at the Brookings Institution! and has served on the National Commission on Terrorism! the staffs of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the National Security Council! and the advisory panels for the director of Central Intelligence and State and Defense departments. Klappentext "A Council on Foreign Relations book"--Cover. Zusammenfassung "A Council on Foreign Relations book"--Cover. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefacePart I. The Post-Cold War Hiatus1. Introduction: From Cold War to Hot Peace2. Policy Milestones: Cold War Roots of Consensus3. Confused Interventions: Puttering with Primacy4. New Threats of Mass Destruction: Capabilities Down! Intentions UpPart II. History Strikes Back5. Terrorism: The Soft Underbelly of Primacy6. Striking First: Well-Lost Opportunities7. Big Small Wars: Iraq! Afghanistan! and Vietnam8. The Main Events: The Rise of China and Resurgence of RussiaPart III. Decision and Implementation9. Civil-Military Relations: A Special Problem?10. Plans and Results: Is Strategy an Illusion?11. A Disciplined Defense: Regaining Strategic Solvency12. Conclusion: Selecting SecurityNotesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Richard Betts, Richard K. Betts, Betts Richard
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2011
• EAN: 9780231151221
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15122-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Columbia University Press; Council on Foreign Relations; A Council on Foreign Relations Book
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, United States of America, USA, Military and defence strategy, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General