Wilson's Ghost Reducing The Risk Of Conflict, Killing, And Catastrophe In The 21st Century

by McNamara, Robert S.; Blight, James G.

• ISBN13: 9781586481438
• ISBN10: 1586481436
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-19
• Publisher: PublicAffairs

Summary

WithWilson's Ghost, Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight deliver an impassioned plea and a decisive and multi-faceted program for making the 21st century a more peaceful century than the last. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the war that has followed, have made their argument even more imperative. In a provocative synthesis of the pragmatic, historical, and philosophical arguments for avoiding war and achieving a sustainable peace, McNamara and Blight put forth a plan for realizing Woodrow Wilson's dream. The plan begins with a moral imperative that establishes the reduction of human carnage as a major goal of foreign policy across the globe, and details the necessity of adopting new policies to support that goal. McNamara and Blight argue that now is the time for a radical approach to reducing the risk of human carnage, and they demonstrate why we cannot afford to fail in this effort.

Author Biography

James G. Blight is professor of international relations (research) at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition	p. xi
A Note from Robert McNamara	p. xiii
A 21st-Century Manifesto: Choose Life over Death	p. xvii
Prologue: Wilson's Tragedy, and Ours	p. 3
A Radical Agenda: The U.S. Role in Global Security in the 21st Century	p. 17
Preventing Great Power Conflict: Bringing Russia and China in from the Cold	p. 59
Reducing Communal Killing: Intervention in "Dangerous, Troubled, Failed, Murderous States"	p. 113
Avoiding Nuclear Catastrophe: Moving Steadily and Safely to a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World	p. 169
Reducing Human Carnage: An Agenda for the 21st Century	p. 217
Epilogue: Listening to Wilson's Ghost	p. 227
Afterword to the Paperback Edition: Wilson's Ghost in the Post-9/11 World	p. 231
Notes	p. 277
Acknowledgments	p. 303
About the Authors	p. 307
Index	p. 309
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