Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft

Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft
ISBN-10
1107469694
ISBN-13
9781107469693
Category
Political Science
Pages
450
Language
English
Published
2007-07-16
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Terry L. Deibel

Description

This is a book on how to think - strategically - about foreign policy. Focusing on American foreign policy, this book discusses the national interest as a concept in strategic logic and describes how to select objectives that will take advantage of opportunities to promote interests, while protecting them against threats. It also discusses national power and influence, as well as the political, informational, economic, and military instruments of state power. Based on a graphic model that illustrates strategic logic, the book uses examples from recent American statecraft. It ends with an extended critique of American foreign policy and a detailed outline of an alternative strategy that is better suited to the problems of the 21st century.

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