Containment: rebuilding a strategy against global terror
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Main Author: Shapiro, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press ©2007
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-178) and index
The idea vacuum -- End of the criminal justice consensus -- Filling the vacuum -- Containment for democracy -- Containment's realism -- Democracy for containment -- Our present peril
In this powerfully argued book, Ian Shapiro shows that the idea of containment offers the best hope for protecting Americans and their democracy into the future. His bold vision for American security in the post-September 11 world is reminiscent of George Kennan's historic "Long Telegram," in which the containment strategy that won the Cold War was first developed. The Bush Doctrine of preemptive war and unilateral action has been marked by incompetence--missed opportunities to capture Osama bin Laden, failures of postwar planning for Iraq, and lack of an exit strategy. But Shapiro contends tha
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 192 pages)
ISBN:0691137072
1282086847
1400827566
9780691137070
9781282086845
9781400827565

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