John Mueller (Ohio State University)

The Stupidity of War

American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This innovate argument shows how increased aversion to international war over the last century has caused countries to no longer view war as a way to resolve differences. Undergraduates and interested readers will consider complacency and appeasement as productive diplomatic devices and discover why a large military force is no longer necessary.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 156mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9781108843836
• ISBN-10: 1108843832
• Artikelnr.: 60402699

Autorenporträt

John Mueller is a political scientist at Ohio State University, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Assessing the Threat Record: 1. Korea
massive extrapolation
deterrence
and the crisis circus; 2. Vietnam
containment
and the curious end of the cold war; 3. Military intervention and the continued quest for threat after the cold war; 4. Al-Qaeda and the 9/11 wars in Afghanistan
Iraq
Pakistan; 5. Chasing terrorists around the globe and other post-9/11 ventures; Part II. Evaluating Present Threats: 6. The rise of China
the assertiveness of Russia
and the antics of Iran; 7. Proliferation
terrorism
humanitarian intervention
and other problems; 8. Hedging
risk
arrogance
and the Iraq syndrome.