"If what is shaping up to be the worst foreign policy disaster in U.S. history has an upside, it is that the current war in Iraq should definitively, permanently settle a handful of critical questions about American conduct in the world. This book provides a list of those questions and even ventures some answers in the form of key lessons from Iraq.The idea of assembling lessons as tools for avoiding the next war is less of a stretch tha ..."
"Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, which offered an overarching philosophy against the role of government and in favor of markets. This volume, produced by the Institute for Policy Studies, which since 1963 has been the nation's leading progressive policy organization, offers a set of specific policy proposals for the incoming ..."
"Ivan Eland is senior fellow at the Independent Institute, formerly director of
defense policy studies at the Cato Institute, principal defense analyst at the
Congressional Budget Office, evaluator-in-charge (national security and
intelligence) for the U.S. General Accounting Office, and investigator for the
House Foreign Affairs Committee. He is the author of The Efficacy of Economic
Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool (1991). Franc ..."
"Military. Presence. Ivan. Eland. The dismal failure of the U.S. occupation of Iraq
offers an opportunity to seek significant change in U.S. global policies. After every
military fiasco in U.S. history, a period of retrenchment has occurred. During
those subsequent periods, U.S. politicians, responding to the revulsion of the
American public, have stifled, at least for a while, their desire to conduct major
military interventions in ..."
"Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, which offered an overarching philosophy against the role of government and in favor of markets. This volume, produced by the Institute for Policy Studies, which since 1963 has been the nation's leading progressive policy organization, offers a set of specific policy proposals for the incoming ..."
"If what is shaping up to be the worst foreign policy disaster in U.S. history has an upside, it is that the current war in Iraq should definitively, permanently settle a handful of critical questions about American conduct in the world. This book provides a list of those questions and even ventures some answers in the form of key lessons from Iraq. The idea of assembling lessons as tools for avoiding the next war is less of a stretch th ..."
"A decisão de declarar guerra ao Iraque foi um dos maiores erros de política externa na história dos EUA, seguido de perto por outras nações do mundo. Este livro dá uma atenção crítica a como e por que razões esta decisão foi tomada. É essencial esforçarmo"