Statecraft and Power Essays in Honor of Harold W. Rood

by Harmon, Christopher; Codevilla, Angelo; Payne, Keith B.; Lehman, Ambassador Ronald, III; Jaffa, Harry V.; Sheehan, Colleen; Barlow, J Jackson; Garrity, Patrick J.; Palm, Daniel; Spalding, Matthew; Tucker, David; Smith, Kevin; Flannery, Christopher; Schram

• ISBN13: 9780819187185
• ISBN10: 0819187186
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-02-22
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

These essays on strategy, war, and statecraft have been written during the current reassessment of United States' national strategy. But they also take strategic thinking back to certain principals and interests which have guided America before, during, and after the Cold War. Co-published with The Institute for Public Policy.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Elements of Statecraft and Power
Geography and Politics	p. 3
Statesmanship and Intelligence	p. 17
Deterrence and the Lessons from History	p. 33
On Strategic Thinking: Patterns in Modern History	p. 55
Winston S. Churchill and the Middle East	p. 89
The Collapse of the USSR: Political Philosophy and Political Reality, 1991	p. 107
Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe	p. 113
American Studies
That Virtue May Lead to Ruin: Alexander Hamilton's Teaching on Interest and Morality in International Political Life	p. 139
Bellum in Vinculis: Law and Strategy in the U.S. Civil War	p. 163
The Genesis of Strategic Military Planning in the U.S. Army and the General Staff	p. 185
Necessity and Politics: War with Justice	p. 205
Counterinsurgency and Support for Insurgency: Some Lessons from the 1980s	p. 225
The "New World Order": A Mahanian Critique	p. 241
Preparing for the Gathering Storm: The United States and the Next War	p. 257
"Efficient Defense" and American Interests in Eurasia	p. 277
About the Authors	p. 281
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