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29%OFFPaul B. Stares - Preventive Engagement: How America Can Avoid War, Stay Strong, and Keep the Peace - 9780231182461 - V9780231182461
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Preventive Engagement: How America Can Avoid War, Stay Strong, and Keep the Peace

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Description for Preventive Engagement: How America Can Avoid War, Stay Strong, and Keep the Peace Hardback. Series: A Council on Foreign Relations Book. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
America finds itself in an acute predicament: The international order it has helped construct over many decades is under increasing stress from various quarters. As the world's predominant military power and principal guarantor of global peace and security, the United States must fulfill its many responsibilities without becoming entangled in costly conflicts that threaten its security, deplete its national power, and weaken its international standing. Preventive Engagement proposes a long-term strategy for how the United States can manage the risks of a more turbulent world in a way that lessens the demand for--and potential drain on--U.S. power. Its novel approach ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Series
A Council on Foreign Relations Book
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231182461
SKU
V9780231182461
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About Paul B. Stares
Paul B. Stares is the General John W. Vessey senior fellow for conflict prevention and director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. His books include Rethinking Energy Security in East Asia (2000); Global Habit: The Drug Problem in a Borderless World (1997); and The Militarization of Space: U.S. Policy, 1945-1984 (1987). He lives with ... Read more

Reviews for Preventive Engagement: How America Can Avoid War, Stay Strong, and Keep the Peace
An erudite, elegant, extremely well informed, and very thoughtful explanation of current American grand strategy, this book provides specific, finite, and feasible recommendations for improving the US government's ability to anticipate and manage the latent risks of war.
Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution

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