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Hard Power

The New Politics of National Security

By: Kurt Campbell,Michael O'Hanlon

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Hard Power

The New Politics of National Security

By: Kurt Campbell,Michael O'Hanlon

Our ideas about national security have changed radically over the last five years. It has become a political tool, a "wedge issue," a symbol of pride and fear. It is also the one issue above all others that can make or break an election. And this is why the Democratic Party has been steadily losing power since 2001. In Hard Power, Michael O'Hanlon, an expert on foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, and Kurt Campbell, an authority on international security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, explain how the Democrats lost credibility on issues of security and foreign policy, how they can get it back -- and why they must. They recall the successful Democratic military legacy of past decades, as well as recent Democratic innovations -- like the Homeland Security Office and the idea of nation-building -- that have been successfully co-opted by the Republican administration. And, most importantly, they develop a broad national security vision for America, including specific defense policies and a strategy to win the war on terror.

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Basic Books

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046500380X

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Difficult Transitions

Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power

By: James B. Steinberg,Kurt M. Campbell

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Difficult Transitions

Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power

By: James B. Steinberg,Kurt M. Campbell

New presidents have no honeymoon when it comes to foreign policy. Less than three months into his presidency, for example, John F. Kennedy authorized the disastrous effort to overthrow Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs. More recently, George W. Bush had been in office for less than eight months when he was faced with the attacks of September 11. How should an incoming president prepare for the foreign policy challenges that lie immediately ahead? That's the question Kurt Campbell and James Steinberg tackle in this compelling book. Drawing on their decades of government service—in the corridors of Capitol Hill, the intimate confines of the White House, the State Department, and the bare-knuckles Pentagon bureaucracy—Campbell and Steinberg identify the major foreign policy pitfalls that face a new presidential administration. They explain clearly and concisely what it takes to get foreign policy right from the start. The authors set the scene with a historical overview of presidential transitions and foreign policy including case studies of such prominent episodes as the "Black Hawk Down" tragedy in Somalia that shook the Clinton administration in its first year and the Bush administration's handling of the collision between a U.S. reconnaissance plane and a Chinese fighter jet in the spring of 2001. They pinpoint the leading causes of foreign policy fiascos, including the tendency to write off the policies of the outgoing administration and the failure to appreciate the differences between campaign promises and policy realities. Most important, they provide a road map to help the new administration steer clear of the land mines ahead. America's next president will confront critical foreign policy decisions from day one. Dif ficult Transitions provides essential guidance for getting those choices right.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815701829

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9780815701828

The Pivot

The Future of American Statecraft in Asia

By: Kurt Campbell

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The Pivot

The Future of American Statecraft in Asia

By: Kurt Campbell

From former assistant secretary of state Kurt M. Campbell comes the definitive analysis and explanation of the new major shift in American foreign policy, its interests and assets, to Asia. There is a quiet drama playing out in American foreign policy far from the dark contours of upheaval in the Middle East and South Asia and the hovering drone attacks of the war on terror. The United States is in the midst of a substantial and long-term national project, which is proceeding in fits and starts, to reorient its foreign policy to the East. The central tenet of this policy shift, aka the Pivot, is that the United States will need to do more with and in the Asia-Pacific hemisphere to help revitalize its own economy, to realize the full potential of the region's dramatic innovation, and to keep the peace in the world's most dynamic region where the lion's share of the history of the twenty-first century will be written. This book is about a necessary course correction for American diplomacy, commercial engagement, and military innovation during a time of unrelenting and largely unrewarding conflict. While the United States has intensified its focus on the Asia-Pacific arena relative to previous administrations, much more remains to be done. The Pivot is about that future. It explores how the United States should construct a strategy that will position it to maneuver across the East and offers a clarion call for cunning, dexterity, and ingenuity in the period ahead for American statecraft in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Twelve

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1455568961

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9781455568963

Xi Jinping on the Global Stage

Chinese Foreign Policy Under a Powerful but Exposed Leader

By: Robert D. Blackwill,Kurt M. Campbell

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Xi Jinping on the Global Stage

Chinese Foreign Policy Under a Powerful but Exposed Leader

By: Robert D. Blackwill,Kurt M. Campbell

In light of China's deepening economic slowdown, "China's foreign policy may well be driven increasingly by the risk of domestic political instability," write Robert D. Blackwill, Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and Kurt M. Campbell, the Asia Group's chairman and chief executive officer, in a new Council Special Report. "Economic growth and nationalism have for decades been the two founts of legitimacy for the Communist Party, and as the former wanes, [Chinese leader Xi Jinping] will likely rely increasingly on the latter." Xi's "dominance of the decision-making process [has] made him a powerful but potentially exposed leader," the authors note. To protect his position, Xi will "most probably stimulate and intensify Chinese nationalism—long a pillar of the state's legitimacy—to compensate for the political harm of a slower economy, to distract the public, to halt rivals who might use nationalist criticisms against him, and to burnish his own image." The report—Xi Jinping on the Global Stage: Chinese Foreign Policy Under a Powerful but Exposed Leader—notes that China's economy, which had expanded at an annual rate of 10 percent for three decades, is entering a new era of considerably slower growth. To strengthen his position at home, Xi "will probably intensify his personality cult, crack down even harder on dissent, and grow bolder in using the anticorruption campaign against elites who oppose him." Internationally, Xi "may provoke disputes with neighbors, use increasingly strident rhetoric in defense of China's national interests, and take a tougher line in relations with the United States and its allies to shift public focus away from economic troubles." To deal with Xi's more assertive foreign and defense policies, the authors call for a new American grand strategy for Asia that "seeks to avoid a U.S.-China confrontation and maintain U.S. primacy in Asia." The authors, both former senior government officials with extensive experience in the region, recommend passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership—an Asia-centered trade deal with countries that represent approximately 40 percent of the global economy—lifting constraints on U.S. exports of oil to Asian allies, and maintaining a commitment to deploy at least 60 percent of the U.S. Navy and Air Force in the Asia Pacific. They identify the U.S. pivot or rebalance to Asia as "the indispensable ingredient in a successful U.S. policy to participate and project strength more consequentially in the region and to deal with Chinese power and influence under Xi Jinping.

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Council on Foreign Relations Press

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0876096674

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To Prevail

An American Strategy for the Campaign Against Terrorism

By: Kurt M. Campbell,Michèle A. Flournoy

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An American Strategy for the Campaign Against Terrorism

By: Kurt M. Campbell,Michèle A. Flournoy

This book takes readers beyond the hourly headlines and day-to-day dramas of the post-September 11 environment and helps them to think about the mediumand long-term implications of the new terrorist threat. Despite the recent successes in Afghanistan and the courageous response to the September events, -the fundamental conclusion of this work is that the years ahead will be among the most difficult in the long life of our nation. The authors present a comprehensive look at the areas in which new choices and hard decisions must be made -- from strengthening law enforcement and intelligence to sustaining a sense of American purpose and devising tailored strategies for key regions of the world. The book's analysis was informed by the work of the CSIS Task Force on Terrorism, drawing on the full range of CSIS expertise in terrorism, national and international security, regional studies, and religion.

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CSIS

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0892064072

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9780892064076

To Honor These Men

A History of the Phillips Georgia Legion Infantry Battalion

By: Richard M. Coffman,Kurt D. Graham

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To Honor These Men

A History of the Phillips Georgia Legion Infantry Battalion

By: Richard M. Coffman,Kurt D. Graham

Details the organization of a 'legion' and its combat odyssey. This book takes the reader through most of the major battles in the eastern theater of the Civil War.

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Mercer University Press

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0881460605

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9780881460605

Victorian Vocalists

By: Kurt Ganzl

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Victorian Vocalists

By: Kurt Ganzl

Victorian Vocalists is a masterful and entertaining collection of 100 biographies of mid- to late-19th-century singers and stars. Kurt Gänzl paints a vivid picture of the Victorian operatic and concert world, revealing the backgrounds, journeys, successes, failures and misdemeanours of these singers. This volume is not only an outstanding reference work for anyone interested in vocalists of the era, but also a compelling, meticulously researched picture of life in the vast shark tank that was Victorian music.

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Routledge

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1351593668

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The Pivot

The Future of American Statecraft in Asia

By: Kurt Campbell

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The Future of American Statecraft in Asia

By: Kurt Campbell

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Common Sense of Contemporary American Economics and Politics

How America Could Become a True Democracy

By: Kurt Lewis Allen

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Common Sense of Contemporary American Economics and Politics

How America Could Become a True Democracy

By: Kurt Lewis Allen

The largest amount of Americas money is in the hands of a very small portion of the population. This minority, through the use of their money, has gained control of government and industry, to the detriment of the majority. Common Sense of Contemporary American Economics and Politics explains what is going on and what we the majority can do about it.

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1496924584

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Hard Power

Hard Power

Difficult Transitions

Difficult Transitions

The Pivot

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Xi Jinping on the Global Stage

Xi Jinping on the Global Stage

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To Prevail

To Honor These Men

To Honor These Men

Victorian Vocalists

Victorian Vocalists

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The Pivot

Common Sense of Contemporary American Economics and Politics

Common Sense of Contemporary American Economics and Politics

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