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Bush league diplomacy : how the Neoconservatives are putting the world at risk / Craig R. Eisendrath and Melvin A. Goodman.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisendrath, Craig R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.
- Bush, George W.
- Conservatism--United States.
- Conservatism.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
- United States--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Unilateral acts (International law).
- Militarism--United States.
- Militarism.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Security, International.
- Physical Description:
- 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004.
- Summary:
- In this comprehensive critique of the Bush administration's handling of international relations, two senior fellows at the Center for International Policy demonstrate the folly and the dangers of abandoning diplomacy and relying on military force as the chief means of conducting U.S. foreign policy.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Path of Failure
- Chapter 1. Fall from Grace: America Abandons Collective Security 15
- The United Nations 27
- Economic Aid 29
- International Law 30
- Use of Force versus Arms Control 31
- Diplomacy 31
- The Intelligence System 32
- Military Spending and the Militarization of Foreign Policy 32
- Democracy at Home 33
- Chapter 2. Terrorism and Peacekeeping: The Afghanistan Precedent 37
- The 9/11 Attacks 37
- The U.S. Response 38
- Reconstructing Afghanistan 41
- The Problem of Nation-Building 46
- Dangers of Intervention 48
- The War against Terrorism 49
- A Different Model: East Timor 51
- Chapter 3. Geopolitical Costs and Risks of the Iraqi War 57
- International Opposition to the U.S. War against Iraq 65
- Geopolitical Consequences for Transnational Issues 68
- The Iraqi Legacy 70
- Chapter 4. International Dangers for American Security 77
- Dangers of the Back Burner 78
- A Major Breakthrough in Libya 88
- The Middle East Peace Process and the "Road Map" 89
- The Geoeconomic Dimension 94
- Chapter 5. The Failures of Intelligence 99
- 9/11 and the Failure of Intelligence 100
- Failures of Intelligence 104
- Structural Flaws 108
- Misuse of Covert Action 110
- The Misuse of Intelligence to Go to War 111
- What Is to Be Done? 114
- The Need for Glasnost 117
- Part 2 Foundations of Failure
- Chapter 6. Militarizing American Security Policy 125
- The Lesson of the USS Cole 128
- Militarization of Foreign Policy 129
- Clinton Administration: Defeat of the CTBT and the International Criminal Court 130
- Making the World More Perilous 132
- Global Dominion 137
- Iraq: Test Case for the New Strategy 139
- Assassination 140
- Raising the Defense Budget 141
- Is Military Power Enough? 142
- The Dangers of Militarization 143
- Chapter 7. The End of Arms Control and Disarmament 147
- The End of Arms Control and Disarmament: Placing America at Risk 152
- Fallacy of the Bush Administration's Strategic Thinking 160
- What Needs to Be Done? 161
- Chapter 8. Going It Alone: Bush Charts His Own Course 169
- Who Needs the Rest of the World? 169
- Collective Security 172
- Drifting into Unilateralism 173
- Policy Driven by Ideology 174
- The Neocons 177
- Chapter 9. The War at Home 195
- Military Tribunals 196
- Detainees 198
- USA PATRIOT Act 201
- PATRIOT Act II 205
- Domestic Military Command 207
- Homeland Security Department 208
- Rolling Back the Twentieth Century 210
- "It's the Economy, Stupid" 212
- Part 3 From the Wrong to the Right Path
- Chapter 10. Where in the World Is Bush Taking Us? 219
- Paradigm Lost 220
- Worst-Case Scenarios 221
- An Apocalyptic Vision 233
- Chapter 11. Road Map to the Future: What Is to Be Done? 237
- Foreign Policy 239
- Domestic Policy 245
- What Is to Be Done? 247
- Appendix Pursuing the Phantom of a National Missile Defense 251
- A Short History of "Star Wars" 251
- The Threat 253
- The System Doesn't Work! 254
- Suing the President 257
- Strategic Danger of the National Missile Defense 258.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1591021766
- OCLC:
- 54349818
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