The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free
Numerous polls show that Americans want to reduce our military presence abroad, allowing our allies and other nations to assume greater responsibility both for their own defense and for enforcing security in their respective regions. In The Power Problem, Christopher A. Preble explores the aims, cos...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Numerous polls show that Americans want to reduce our military presence abroad, allowing our allies and other nations to assume greater responsibility both for their own defense and for enforcing security in their respective regions. In The Power Problem, Christopher A. Preble explores the aims, costs, and limitations of the use of this nation's military power; throughout, he makes the case that the majority of Americans are right, and the foreign policy experts who disdain the public's perspective are wrong.Preble is a keen and skeptical observer of recent U.S. foreign policy experiences, which have been marked by the promiscuous use of armed intervention. He documents how the possession of vast military strength runs contrary to the original intent of the Founders, and has, as they feared, shifted the balance of power away from individual citizens and toward the central government, and from the legislative and judicial branches of government to the executive. In Preble's estimate, if policymakers in Washington have at their disposal immense military might, they will constantly be tempted to overreach, and to redefine ever more broadly the "national interest."Preble holds that the core national interest-preserving American security-is easily defined and largely immutable. Possessing vast military power in order to further other objectives is, he asserts, illicit and to be resisted. Preble views military power as purely instrumental: if it advances U.S. security, then it is fulfilling its essential role. If it does not-if it undermines our security, imposes unnecessary costs, and forces all Americans to incur additional risks-then our military power is a problem, one that only we can solve. As it stands today, Washington's eagerness to maintain and use an enormous and expensive military is corrosive to contemporary American democracy |
| Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780801459153 |
| DOI: | 10.7591/9780801459153 |
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| spelling | Preble, Christopher A. aut The Power Problem How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free Christopher A. Preble Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press [2009] © 2011 1 online resource (232 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019) Numerous polls show that Americans want to reduce our military presence abroad, allowing our allies and other nations to assume greater responsibility both for their own defense and for enforcing security in their respective regions. In The Power Problem, Christopher A. Preble explores the aims, costs, and limitations of the use of this nation's military power; throughout, he makes the case that the majority of Americans are right, and the foreign policy experts who disdain the public's perspective are wrong.Preble is a keen and skeptical observer of recent U.S. foreign policy experiences, which have been marked by the promiscuous use of armed intervention. He documents how the possession of vast military strength runs contrary to the original intent of the Founders, and has, as they feared, shifted the balance of power away from individual citizens and toward the central government, and from the legislative and judicial branches of government to the executive. In Preble's estimate, if policymakers in Washington have at their disposal immense military might, they will constantly be tempted to overreach, and to redefine ever more broadly the "national interest."Preble holds that the core national interest-preserving American security-is easily defined and largely immutable. Possessing vast military power in order to further other objectives is, he asserts, illicit and to be resisted. Preble views military power as purely instrumental: if it advances U.S. security, then it is fulfilling its essential role. If it does not-if it undermines our security, imposes unnecessary costs, and forces all Americans to incur additional risks-then our military power is a problem, one that only we can solve. As it stands today, Washington's eagerness to maintain and use an enormous and expensive military is corrosive to contemporary American democracy In English International Studies Security Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) bisacsh Hegemony United States National security United States Power United States Großmachtpolitik (DE-588)4158292-5 gnd rswk-swf Militarismus (DE-588)4039356-2 gnd rswk-swf Sicherheitspolitik (DE-588)4116489-1 gnd rswk-swf Militärpolitik (DE-588)4065004-2 gnd rswk-swf Polizeistaat (DE-588)4128875-0 gnd rswk-swf Innere Sicherheit (DE-588)4127888-4 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Innere Sicherheit (DE-588)4127888-4 s Militarismus (DE-588)4039356-2 s Polizeistaat (DE-588)4128875-0 s 1\p DE-604 Militärpolitik (DE-588)4065004-2 s Sicherheitspolitik (DE-588)4116489-1 s Großmachtpolitik (DE-588)4158292-5 s 2\p DE-604 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801459153 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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| title | The Power Problem How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free |
| title_auth | The Power Problem How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free |
| title_exact_search | The Power Problem How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free |
| title_full | The Power Problem How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free Christopher A. Preble |
| title_fullStr | The Power Problem How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free Christopher A. Preble |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Power Problem How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free Christopher A. Preble |
| title_short | The Power Problem |
| title_sort | the power problem how american military dominance makes us less safe less prosperous and less free |
| title_sub | How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free |
| topic | International Studies Security Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) bisacsh Hegemony United States National security United States Power United States Großmachtpolitik (DE-588)4158292-5 gnd Militarismus (DE-588)4039356-2 gnd Sicherheitspolitik (DE-588)4116489-1 gnd Militärpolitik (DE-588)4065004-2 gnd Polizeistaat (DE-588)4128875-0 gnd Innere Sicherheit (DE-588)4127888-4 gnd |
| topic_facet | International Studies Security Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) Hegemony United States National security United States Power United States Großmachtpolitik Militarismus Sicherheitspolitik Militärpolitik Polizeistaat Innere Sicherheit USA |
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