Losing Hurts Twice As Bad The Four Stages To Moving Beyond Iraq

Author : Christopher J. Fettweis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393070491

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Losing Hurts Twice as Bad: The Four Stages to Moving Beyond Iraq by Christopher J. Fettweis Pdf

Amid all the gloom surrounding the debacle in Iraq, finally here is a highly instructive four-stage plan that will help us move forward. Now longer than the Civil War, America's conflict in Iraq seems to have no end in sight. A malaise, perhaps greater than that engendered by Vietnam, threatens to undo our national moorings. Christopher J. Fettweis, a military strategy expert, burst onto the national scene with an editorial and NPR interviews that provided an illuminating historical perspective on the ramifications of any great power's defeat. Fettweis contends that Iraq has thrown America into an unprecedented downward spiral, yet he provides a context for America's loss that few political pundits have recognized. With abundant historical comparisons drawn from the American Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, among others, Fettweis charts a natural course of defeat (denial, shock, anger, depression, and acceptance). He offers a prescriptive "grand strategy" that will help us forge a new approach to American foreign policy. This is a book no lover of history can ignore, for there may be a silver lining few have yet realized.

Author : Christopher J. Fettweis
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0393067610

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Losing Hurts Twice as Bad by Christopher J. Fettweis Pdf

Outlines a four-stage plan designed to help America to resolve and move on from the war in Iraq, in an account that contends that the war has thrown America into an unprecedented decline and draws on the lessons of past military conflicts to recommend natural solutions. 25,000 first printing.

Author : Ken J. Walden
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621899792

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Challenges Faced by Iraq War Reservists and Their Families by Ken J. Walden Pdf

The Iraq War caused emotional, physical, psychiatric, relational, and spiritual challenges to an untold number of military reservists and their families. This book takes you through the war's critical stages of pre-deployment, deployment, and post-deployment. Reservists' families, usually living far from military bases with professional staffing, are often among the most affected wounded of the Iraq War. Injured reservists often return home to discover that civilian medical resources are insufficient and civic organizations unequipped to help manage the range of combat-related wounds and psychiatric trauma, especially post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. The lack of needed services causes alienation between reservists and their families in relation to the civilian communities in which they live. Using a practical theological method, this book analyzes the various impacts of the Iraq War and recommends a soul care approach for chaplains and pastors to use in support of reservists and their families suffering from their experiences of the Iraq War, and to guide any persons interested in participating in such support.

Author : Jeffrey Record
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597974370

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Wanting War by Jeffrey Record Pdf

Wanting War is the first comprehensive analysis of the often contradictory reasons why President George W. Bush went to war in Iraq and of the war's impact on future U.S. armed intervention abroad. Though the White House sold the war as a necessity to eliminate an alleged Iraqi threat, other agendas were at play. Drawing on new assessments of George W. Bush's presidency, recent memoirs by key administration decision makers, and Jeffrey Record's own expertise on U.S. military interventions since World War II, Wanting War contends that Bush's invasion of Iraq was more about the arrogance of post–Cold War American power than it was about Saddam Hussein. Ultimately, Iraq was selected not because it posed a convincing security threat but because Baghdad was militarily helpless. Operation Iraqi Freedom was a demonstration of American power, especially the will to use it. Ironically, as Record points out, a war launched to advertise American combativeness is likely to lead U.S. foreign policymakers and military leaders to be averse to using force in all but the most favorable circumstances. But this new respect for the limits of America's conventional military power, especially as an instrument of ffecting political change in foreign cultures, and for the inherent risks and uncertainties of war, may prove to be one of the Iraq War's few positive legacies. Record argues that the American experience in Iraq ought to be a cautionary tale for those who advocate for further U.S. military action.

Author : Gal Luft,Anne Korin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780275999988

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Energy Security Challenges for the 21st Century by Gal Luft,Anne Korin Pdf

The impact of energy on global security and economy is clear and profound, and this is why in recent years energy security has become a source of concern to most countries. However, energy security means different things to different countries based on their geographic location, their endowment of resources their strategic and economic conditions. In this book, Gal Luft and Anne Korin with the help of twenty leading experts provide an overview of the world's energy system and its vulnerabilities that underlay growing concern over energy security. It hosts a debate about the feasibility of resource conflicts and covers issues such as the threat of terrorism to the global energy system, maritime security, the role of multinationals and non-state actors in energy security, the pathways to energy security through diversification of sources and the development of alternative energy sources. It delves into the various approaches selected producers, consumers and transit states have toward energy security and examines the domestic and foreign policy tradeoffs required to ensure safe and affordable energy supply. The explains the various pathways to energy security and the tradeoffs among them and demonstrates how all these factors can be integrated in a larger foreign and domestic policy framework. It also explores the future of nuclear power, the complex relations between energy security and environmental concerns and the role for decentralized energy as a way to enhance energy security.

Author : Christopher J. Fettweis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107041103

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The Pathologies of Power by Christopher J. Fettweis Pdf

Discusses how deeply held beliefs guide American foreign policy and identifies the foundations of those beliefs, explaining how they have inspired poor strategic decisions in Washington.

Author : Christopher J. Fettweis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-29
Category : Great powers
ISBN : 9780197646649

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The Pursuit of Dominance by Christopher J. Fettweis Pdf

"How do great countries stay that way? The United States is the most powerful actor in the international system, but it is facing a set of challenges that might lead to its decline as this century unfolds. This book looks to the past for guidance, examining the grand strategy of previous superpowers to see how they maintained, or failed to maintain, their status. Over the course of six cases, from Ancient Rome to the British Empire, it seeks guidance from the past for present U.S. policymakers. How did previous empires, regional hegemons, or simply dominant powers forge grand strategy? How did they define their interests, and then assemble the tools to address them? What did they do right, and where did they err? What - if anything - can current U.S. strategists learn from the experience of earlier superpowers?"--

Author : Michael Clarke,Adam Henschke,Matthew Sussex,Tim Legrand
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030534943

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The Palgrave Handbook of National Security by Michael Clarke,Adam Henschke,Matthew Sussex,Tim Legrand Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary theory, practice and themes in the study of national security. Part 1: Theories examines how national security has been conceptualised and formulated within the disciplines international relations, security studies and public policy. Part 2: Actors shifts the focus of the volume from these disciplinary concerns to consideration of how core actors in international affairs have conceptualised and practiced national security over time. Part 3: Issues then provides in-depth analysis of how individual security issues have been incorporated into prevailing scholarly and policy paradigms on national security. While security now seems an all-encompassing phenomenon, one general proposition still holds: national interests and the nation-state remain central to unlocking security puzzles. As normative values intersect with raw power; as new threats meet old ones; and as new actors challenge established elites, making sense out of the complex milieu of security theories, actors, and issues is a crucial task - and is the main accomplishment of this book.

Author : Arthur Goldschmidt,Lawrence Davidson
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015003321826

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A Concise History of the Middle East by Arthur Goldschmidt,Lawrence Davidson Pdf

The classic, bestseller on the history of the Middle East by renowned scholars Arthur Goldschmidt and Lawrence Davidson, updated to reflect the latest scholarship and recent events in this turbulent region.

Author : Robert Jervis,Loren Morales Kando
Publisher : Academy of Political Science
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132229290

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The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy by Robert Jervis,Loren Morales Kando Pdf

"Discusses the development and implementation of U.S. foreign policy by examining theories that inform U.S. strategy, responses to U.S. military and geopolitical power, and the role of human rights and civil liberties"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Dana Ferguson
Publisher : Book Review Index Cumulation
Page : 1304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1414419120

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Book Review Index - 2009 Cumulation by Dana Ferguson Pdf

Book Review Index provides quick access to reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media representing a wide range of popular, academic and professional interests. The up-to-date coverage, wide scope and inclusion of citations for both newly published and older materials make Book Review Index an exceptionally useful reference tool. More than 600 publications are indexed, including journals and national general interest publications and newspapers. Book Review Index is available in a three-issue subscription covering the current year or as an annual cumulation covering the past year.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCSD:31822037548989

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The Publishers Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher Fettweis
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231547413

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Psychology of a Superpower by Christopher Fettweis Pdf

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States was left as the world’s sole superpower, which was the dawn of an international order known as unipolarity. The ramifications of imbalanced power extend around the globe—including the country at the center. What has the sudden realization that it stands alone atop the international hierarchy done to the United States? In Psychology of a Superpower, Christopher J. Fettweis examines how unipolarity affects the way U.S. leaders conceive of their role, make strategy, and perceive America’s place in the world. Combining security, strategy, and psychology, Fettweis investigates how the idea of being number one affects the decision making of America’s foreign-policy elite. He examines the role the United States plays in providing global common goods, such as peace and security; the effect of the Cold War’s end on nuclear-weapon strategy and policy; the psychological consequences of unbalanced power; and the grand strategies that have emerged in unipolarity. Drawing on psychology’s insights into the psychological and behavioral consequences of unchecked power, Fettweis brings new insight to political science’s policy-analysis toolkit. He also considers the prospect of the end of unipolarity, offering a challenge to widely held perceptions of American indispensability and asking whether the unipolar moment is worth trying to save. Psychology of a Superpower is a provocative rethinking of the risks and opportunities of the global position of the United States, with significant consequences for U.S. strategy, character, and identity.

Author : Christopher J. Fettweis
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781589016866

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Dangerous Times? by Christopher J. Fettweis Pdf

What horrors will the twenty-first century bring? For many people, a clash of civilizations and a perilous return to great power rivalries are the dominant visions of things to come. Fueled by daily headlines, overwhelming majorities of people from all walks of life consider the world to be a far more chaotic, frightening, and ultimately more dangerous place than ever before. Christopher J. Fettweis argues that these impressions, however widespread, are wrong. Dangerous Times? is an examination of international politics that reveals both theoretical logic and empirical data that support the vision of a future where wars between great powers are unlikely and transnational threats can be contained. Despite popular perception, today a far greater percentage of the world’s population lives in peace than at any time in history, and the number and intensity of all types of warfare have dropped steadily since the early 1990s. Terrorism, though reprehensible, can be combated and can actually increase international cooperation among states fighting a common threat. World wars like those of the twentieth century—the true clash of civilizations—are unlikely to be repeated in the close-knit world of the twenty-first century. In this sharp and insightful book, Fettweis discusses this revolution in human history and its ramifications for international relations theory. He suggests a new vision for a more restrained U.S. grand strategy and foreign policy and reveals how, despite pessimistic perceptions to the contrary, the world is more likely entering a golden age of peace and security.

Author : Christopher J. Fettweis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1107682711

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The Pathologies of Power by Christopher J. Fettweis Pdf

The foreign policy of the United States is guided by deeply held beliefs, few of which are recognized much less subjected to rational analysis, Christopher J. Fettweis writes, in this, his third book. He identifies the foundations of those beliefs - fear, honor, glory, and hubris - and explains how they have inspired poor strategic decisions in Washington. He then proceeds to discuss their origins. The author analyzes recent foreign policy mistakes, including the Bay of Pigs, the Vietnam war, and the Iraq war, and he considers the decision-making process behind them, as well as the beliefs inspiring those decisions. The American government's strategic performance, Professor Fettweis argues, can be improved if these pathological beliefs are recognized and eliminated.