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Author Ross, Dennis.

Title Statecraft : and how to restore America's standing in the world / Dennis Ross.

Imprint New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  327.73 R733s 2007    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xii, 370 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-357) and index.
Summary Not long after 9/11 brought the free world to our side, U.S. foreign policy is in a shambles. Here, peace negotiator Dennis Ross argues that the Bush administration's problems stem from its inability to use the tools of statecraft--diplomatic, economic, and military--to advance our interests.--From publisher description.
Contents The Bush foreign policy and the need for statecraft -- Cases of statecraft : German unification in NATO -- Cases of statecraft : Bosnia -- Cases of statecraft : undoing Iraqi aggression in Kuwait -- Cases of statecraft : Saddam, George W. Bush, and the Iraq War -- Lessons of statecraft for today -- Statecraft in a new world -- Negotiations as an instrument of statecraft -- Negotiations : twelve rules to follow -- Mediation in a world of local conflict -- Eleven rules for mediation -- Practicing statecraft : the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Practicing statecraft : radical Islam and the challenge of Iran -- Practicing statecraft : China's rise -- Conclusion: Statecraft restored : a neoliberal agenda for U.S. foreign policy.
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
International relations -- Case studies.
ISBN 0374299285 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780374299286 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2508966
NLGGC 303350369

 
    
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