Battlegrounds : the fight to defend the free world / H. R. McMaster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMaster, H. R., 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McMaster, H. R., 1962-.

McMaster, H. R.

United States. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

United States.

National security--United States--History--21st century.

National security.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

International relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 545 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]

Summary:

"Across multiple administrations since the end of the Cold War, American foreign policy has been misconceived, inconsistent, and poorly implemented. As a result, America and the free world have fallen behind rivals in power and influence. Meanwhile threats to security, freedom, and prosperity, such as nuclear proliferation and jihadist terrorism have grown. In BATTLEGROUNDS, H.R. McMaster describes efforts to reassess and fundamentally shift policies while he was National Security Advisor. And he provides a clear pathway forward to improve strategic competence and prevail in complex competitions against our adversaries. BATTLEGROUNDS is a groundbreaking reassessment of America's place in the world, drawing from McMaster's long engagement with these issues, including 34 years of service in the U.S. Army with multiple tours of duty in battlegrounds overseas and his 13 months as National Security Advisor in the Trump White House. It is also a powerful call for Americans and citizens of the free world to transcend the vitriol of partisan political discourse, better educate themselves about the most significant challenges to national and international security and work together to secure peace and prosperity for future generations."--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Russia

ch. 1 Fear, Honor, and Ambition: Mr. Putin's Campaign to Kill the West's Cow

ch. 2 Parrying Putin's Playbook

pt. II China

ch. 3 An Obsession with Control: The Chinese Communist Party's Threat to Freedom and Security

ch. 4 Turning Weakness into Strength

pt. III South Asia

ch. 5 A One-Year War Twenty Times Over: America's South Asian Fantasy

ch. 6 Fighting for Peace

pt. IV Middle East

ch. 7 Who Thought It Would Be Easy? From Optimism to Resignation in the Middle East

ch. 8 Breaking the Cycle

pt. V Iran

ch. 9 A Bad Deal: Iran's Forty-Year Proxy Wars and the Failure of Conciliation

ch. 10 Forcing a Choice

pt. VI North Korea

ch. 11 The Definition of Insanity

ch. 12 Making Him Safer Without Them

pt. VII Arenas

ch. 13 Entering the Arena.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [523]-529) and index.

ISBN:

9780062899460

0062899465

OCLC:

1195553199