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Wilson's ghost : reducing the risk of conflict, killing, and catastrophe in the 21st century / Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peaceful change (International relations).
- Security, International.
- Pacific settlement of international disputes.
- Disarmament.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 270 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Public Affairs, [2001]
- Summary:
- Woodrow Wilson's vision of a collective international action to resist aggressive conflict after the carnage of World War I failed tragically. In "Wilson's Ghost", McNamara and Blight put forth a decisive program for realizing Wilson's dream of peace now.
- Contents:
- A 21st-Century Manifesto: Choose Life over Death xv
- Prologue: Wilson's Tragedy, and Ours 3
- 1 A Radical Agenda: The U.S. Role in Global Security in the 21st Century 17
- 2 Preventing Great Power Conflict: Bringing Russia and China in from the Cold 59
- 3 Reducing Communal Killing: Intervention in "Dangerous, Troubled, Failed, Murderous States" 113
- 4 Avoiding Nuclear Catastrophe: Moving Steadily and Safely to a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World 169
- 5 Reducing Human Carnage: An Agenda for the 21st Century 217
- Epilogue: Listening to Wilson's Ghost 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1891620894
- OCLC:
- 45879682
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