Strategy for Empire U.S. Regional Security Policy in the PostDCold War Era

by Loveman, Brian; W. Bush, President George; Catoire, Richard G.; Graubart, Jonathan; Gupta, Dipak K.; Ignatieff, Michael; Johnson, Chalmers; Peters, Ralph; Russell, James A.; Schoultz, Lars; Schulz, Donald E.; Scobell, Andrew; C. Thomas, Raju G.; Tokatlian

• ISBN13: 9780842051767
• ISBN10: 0842051767
• Edition: CD
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2004-08-06
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The United States Department of Defense has carved the world into five pieces, called unified military commands, maintaining troops and military leadership in each. The geographic boundaries of the unified commands, which together encompass the entire globe, 'are set in a way that makes sense to us (the U.S.) for political, military, cultural sorts of reasons,' according to the DOD. Yet outside military and defense circles, the potential impact of post-1990 American strategic reach_or perhaps overreach_has not been given sufficient attention. In Strategy for Empire, Brian Loveman fills that gap by raising the key questions all students should be considering: Even under the perilous conditions imposed by global terrorism, diffusion of weapons of mass destruction, and international 'anarchy,' can the United States afford, and should it seek to justify, assigning responsibility to combatant commanders for every area of the globe and maintaining a military presence in well over 100 countries? Can a foreign policy of preemptive deterrence and covert operations around the globe against terrorists, international criminal organizations, and so-called rogue states be compatible with American constitutional democracy? Or has the United States itself become a rogue superpower, at risk of losing its democratic soul and institutions at home and its moral credibility abroad in its efforts to manage a global empire through regional military commands? This timely reader provides answers to these questions from the perspective of American presidents, policymakers, military officers, establishment think tanks, and critical scholars. The text and accompanying CD collect in one place a synthesis of official and semi-official views of post-1990 regional security agendas and of the evolving perception of post-Cold War threat scenarios. The book begins with President George Bush's 'The National Security Strategy of the United States of America' ( September 2002); then presents the views of military strategists, government policymakers, and 'mainline' think tanks; followed by alternative, critical views from leading experts on U.S. security policy. The accompanying CD sends readers directly to major policy documents and studies described in the text. The CD also includes an extensive bibliography of secondary works that focus on regional security policy during the post-Cold War period. The book and CD combined offer teachers a unique resource, providing a wealth of stimulating material for the classroom that is sure to promote critical thinking and spark lively discussion and debate.

Table of Contents

Introduction: U.S. Regional Security Policies in the Post-Cold War Era	xiii
Brian Loveman
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, September 2002	1	(32)
President George W. Bush
U.S. Regional Security Policies, 1990--2003: Perspectives from the Military, Intelligence, and Establishment Think Tanks	33	(120)
The American Mission	35	(8)
Ralph Peters
The Challenges of American Imperial Power	43	(10)
Michael Ignatieff
Fortress Europa: European Defense and the Future of the North Atlantic Alliance	53	(16)
Robert Wilkie
The U.S. Army and the Asia-Pacific	69	(32)
Andrew Scobell
Searching for a Post-Saddam Regional Security Architecture	101	(20)
James A. Russell
The Growing Threat to Democracy in Latin America	121	(14)
Donald E. Schulz
A CINC for Sub-Saharan Africa? Rethinking the Unified Command Plan	135	(18)
Richard G. Catoire
Alternative Views of U.S. Regional Security Policies since 1990	153	(158)
U.S. Policy toward Russia and Eurasia in the 1990s	155	(18)
Celeste A. Wallander
When Might Makes Wrong: The Impact of the U.S. Military in East Asia	173	(30)
Chalmers Johnson
U.S. Regional Security Policy in South Asia	203	(26)
Raju G. C. Thomas
U.S. Regional Security Policy in the Middle East	229	(22)
Stephen Zunes
U.S. Security Policy toward Latin America: Enduring Themes, Changing Realities	251	(14)
Lars Schoultz
Colombia: U.S. Security Policy in the Andean Region and the Specter of a Regionalized War	265	(24)
Juan Gabriel Tokatlian
Is the United States a Rogue Nation?	289	(22)
Dipak K. Gupta
Jonathan Graubart
Selected References on U.S. Regional Security and Defense Policy since 1990	311	(4)
About the Contributors	315	(8)
Index	323	(18)
List of Documents on the CD-ROM	341