Statecraft and Power Essays in Honor of Harold W. Rood
by Harmon, Christopher; Codevilla, Angelo; Payne, Keith B.; Lehman, Ambassador Ronald, III; Jaffa, Harry V.; Sheehan, Colleen; Barlow, J Jackson; Garrity, Patrick J.; Palm, Daniel; Spalding, Matthew; Tucker, David; Smith, Kevin; Flannery, Christopher; SchramFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1994-03-15
Publisher(s): UPA
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Summary
These essays on strategy, war, and statecraft have been written during the current reassessment of United States' national strategy. But they also take strategic thinking back to certain principals and interests which have guided America before, during, and after the Cold War. Co-published with The Institute for Public Policy.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Elements of Statecraft and Power | |
| Geography and Politics | p. 3 |
| Statesmanship and Intelligence | p. 17 |
| Deterrence and the Lessons from History | p. 33 |
| On Strategic Thinking: Patterns in Modern History | p. 55 |
| Winston S. Churchill and the Middle East | p. 89 |
| The Collapse of the USSR: Political Philosophy and Political Reality, 1991 | p. 107 |
| Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe | p. 113 |
| American Studies | |
| That Virtue May Lead to Ruin: Alexander Hamilton's Teaching on Interest and Morality in International Political Life | p. 139 |
| Bellum in Vinculis: Law and Strategy in the U.S. Civil War | p. 163 |
| The Genesis of Strategic Military Planning in the U.S. Army and the General Staff | p. 185 |
| Necessity and Politics: War with Justice | p. 205 |
| Counterinsurgency and Support for Insurgency: Some Lessons from the 1980s | p. 225 |
| The "New World Order": A Mahanian Critique | p. 241 |
| Preparing for the Gathering Storm: The United States and the Next War | p. 257 |
| "Efficient Defense" and American Interests in Eurasia | p. 277 |
| About the Authors | p. 281 |
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