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The Faces of Power

Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Clinton

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The Faces of Power

Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Clinton

By: Seyom Brown

In the new edition of this major work, Seyom Brown brings his authoritative account of United States foreign policy completely up-to-date with analyses of the Truman administration to the Clinton administration. Most notably, Brown provides an insightful overview of the last three presidencies, beginning with an expanded treatment of the Reagan years to the first major scholarly assessment of Bush's foreign policies to Clinton's early ambivalence toward grappling with the dilemmas of the post-Cold War world.

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0231096690

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The Illusion of Control

Force and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

By: Seyom Brown

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Force and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

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This provocative book assesses the implications of a disturbing trend in U.S. security policy: an increased willingness to use military force as an instrument of diplomacy. In The Illusion of Control, Seyom Brown shows how U.S. officials are relying on force to counter a wide range of threats to America's global interests—eclipsing previous strategies that restricted the use of military force to situations in which the country's vital interests were at stake. Brown points out that a disposition to employ military power broadly as an instrument of diplomacy was on the rise well before September 11, 2001— and it shows every sign of persisting into the future. While resorting to force may seem to be a reliable way to establish control over a disorderly world, Brown cautions that expecting to gain and maintain control through military prowess could turn out to be a dangerous illusion. In fact, employing new military technologies in an effort to control international terrorist activities, wars, and civil conflicts is likely to pull the United States into excessive commitments and imprudent action. Brown analyzes the growing willingness of U.S. government officials to use force, then critically assesses the strategic, political, and moral implications for the United States. Adapting traditional "just war" concepts to contemporary strategic, political, and technological realities, he offers a set of guidelines to help ensure that use-of-force decisions are approached with the judicious care and gravity they warrant.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815702876

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9780815702870

Faces of Power

Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Obama

By: Seyom Brown

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Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Obama

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Seyom Brown's authoritative account of U.S. foreign policy from the end of the Second World War to the present challenges common assumptions about American presidents and their struggle with power and purpose. Brown shows Truman to be more anguished than he publicly revealed about the use of the atomic bomb; Eisenhower and George W. Bush to be more immersed in the details of policy formulation and implementation than generally believed; Reagan to be more invested in changing his worldview while in office than any previous president; and Obama to have modeled his military exit from Iraq and Afghanistan more closely to Nixon and Kissinger's exit strategy from Vietnam than he would like to admit. Brown's analyses of Obama's policies for countering terrorist threats at home and abroad, dealing with unprecedented upheavals in the Middle East, preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and containing new territorial expansion by China and Russia reinforce the book's "constancy and change" theme, which shows that serving the interests of the most powerful country in the world transforms the Oval Office's occupant more than its occupant can transform the world. Praise for previous editions: "Systematic and informative... [Brown] has a gift for clear analysis that makes his book a useful contribution to the Cold War literature."—The Journal of American History "Comprehensive and clear... thorough without ever becoming dull, providing detailed analysis of decisions while never neglecting the environment within which they are made."—International Affairs "An excellent reference for those interested in United States foreign policy.... Well-written and well-researched, it is appropriate for use in both undergraduate and graduate courses."—International Journal "An analysis with difference—an important difference. Seyom Brown discusses United States policy from the perspective of how decision makers in the United States viewed their adversaries and the alternatives as those decision makers saw them.... Well worth the effort of a careful reading."—American Political Science Review

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The Faces of Power

Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Clinton

By: Seyom Brown

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Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Clinton

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Faces of Power

Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Obama

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Higher Realism

A New Foreign Policy for the United States

By: Seyom Brown

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Higher Realism

A New Foreign Policy for the United States

By: Seyom Brown

For dealing with an increasingly chaotic and violence-prone world, Higher Realism offers a grand strategy that rejects the imperial thrust of recent U.S. foreign policy as well as the conventional "realist" approach of focusing only on U.S. interests. The emerging world order is one in which many powers of various sorts-states and nonstate actors, large and small, allies and adversaries-have an essential role. Seyom Brown calls this the emergent international "polyarchy," and argues that neither the assertive interventionism of the neoconservatives nor the cool, nonideological geopolitics of the conventional realists is the appropriate response. Instead, responsive to how U.S. interests have become inextricably bound up with world interests, Brown proposes a foreign policy of higher realism centered on cooperation to ensure the security and well-being of all. Brown defines and analyzes those common interests in the environment, peace and security, health and economic vitality, human rights and democracy, and transnational accountability. He faults the arrogant assumption that what is good for the United States is ipso facto good for the world, insisting rather that U.S. policies for global development must respect religious and cultural diversity. Brown's approach transcends the traditional dichotomies of realism versus idealism and self-interest versus altruistic morality. The recommended programs and policies are designed to help a new U.S. presidential administration reformulate a foreign policy that will ensure national security and promote international well-being: higher realism in philosophy and practice.

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Routledge

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1317258142

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International Relations In A Changing Global System

Toward A Theory Of The World Polity, Second Edition

By: Seyom Brown

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International Relations In A Changing Global System

Toward A Theory Of The World Polity, Second Edition

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This book expands and deepens the analysis of a new approach to the study of international relations in a changing global system, elaborating the essential characteristics of the anarchic structure of the world polity.

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0429963718

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International Relations In A Changing Global System

Toward A Theory Of The World Polity, Second Edition

By: Seyom Brown

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International Relations In A Changing Global System

Toward A Theory Of The World Polity, Second Edition

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The first edition of this successful text helped to define a new approach to the study of international relations, one suited to the realities of the post–cold war world. It broke the confines of the dominant “realist” paradigm to offer an intelligible theoretical discourse on how the world works.In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, Professor Brown again presents a text exemplary both in its intellectual accessibility and its relevance to the real-world concerns of policymakers and the attentive public.This new edition's approach thoroughly vindicated by world events since its original publication, expands and deepens the analysis that made the first edition such a unique text. Readers will especially appreciate the expanded treatment of the issues of ethnic and national self-determination, the controversial role played by the UN in humanitarian and peacekeeping missions, the growing importance of international trade and its impact on sovereignty, and the burgeoning of ethical inquiry in the analysis of international relations.International Relations in a Changing Global System is still the ideal text to present the complexities of real-world analysis in a sophisticated but accessible manner.

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Westview Press

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0813323533

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9780813323534

Politics and Government in California

By: Bernard L. Hyink,Seyom Brown,David H. Provost

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Politics and Government in California

By: Bernard L. Hyink,Seyom Brown,David H. Provost

Includes index.

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HarperCollins Publishers

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0060430443

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The Illusion of Control

Force and Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century

By: Seyom Brown

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The Illusion of Control

Force and Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century

By: Seyom Brown

Contrary to popular expectations, the end of the Cold War did not push aside the military components of U.S. foreign policy. In the last decade of the 20th century threats and applications of force often took center stage, ranging from the major war against Iraq to coercive bombing in the Balkans to peacekeeping operations for implementing diplomatic settlements to the delivery of humanitarian aid. Seyom Brown maintains that, despite popular reluctance , the use force as an instrument of foreign policy is likely to grow in the 21st Century, and that this prospect warrants concern and open debateThe increased willingness to consider force as a normal tool of diplomacy has been prompted by both a politically chaotic world in which the globally-dispersed interests of the United States are the targets of hostile threats, and by the so-called Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), which promises to bring an unprecedented degree of controllability into the conduct of war.Brown argues that the promise of controllable, precisely calibrated war to serve the countrys foreign policy objectives is a dangerous illusion. He offers a set of guidelines designed to make sure that a heavy burden of justification is always borne by those urging the resort to military force.

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Brookings Inst Press

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0815702639

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The Causes and Prevention of War

By: Seyom Brown

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The Causes and Prevention of War

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In this unique book, Seyom Brown applies the analytical tools of the social and behavioral sciences to the study of international violence. Within this theoretical framework, he considers the phenomenon of war itself; its behavioral, political, institutional, and structural determinants; and the issues involved in the reduction of international conflict. This second edition, which focuses especially on the challenges and opportunities for maintaining peace in the post-Cold War world, incorporates three new chapters. New topics include the forms of collective violence, the culture of war, and the role of diplomacy. The concluding section has also been extensively revised to accommodate an integrated strategy for the prevention and control of war.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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0312102690

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9780312102692

The Illusion of Control

Force and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

By: Seyom Brown

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Force and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815702876

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The Faces of Power

Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Reagan

By: Seyom Brown

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The Faces of Power

Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Reagan

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A survey of the constant goals and changing premises of foreign policy from the end of World War II to the present

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0231047363

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The Faces of Power

The Faces of Power

The Illusion of Control

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Faces of Power

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Higher Realism

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International Relations In A Changing Global System

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International Relations In A Changing Global System

Politics and Government in California

Politics and Government in California

The Illusion of Control

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The Causes and Prevention of War

The Causes and Prevention of War

The Illusion of Control

The Illusion of Control

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