After World War II, George Kennan became the State Department's
first director of policy planning. Secretary of State George
Marshall's initial advice to Kennan: above all, "avoid trivia."
Concentrate on the forest, not the trees, and don't lost sight of
the big picture. Easier said than done. "Avoiding Trivia"
critically assesses the past, future, and future role and impact of
long-term strategic planning in foreign policy.
Strategic planning needs to be a more integral part of America's
foreign policymaking. Thousands of troops are engaged in combat
while homeland security concerns remain. In such an environment,
long-term coordination of goals and resources would seem to be of
paramount importance. But history tells us that such cohesiveness
and coherence are tremendously difficult to establish, much less
maintain. Can policy planners --in the Pentagon, the State
Department, Treasury, NSC, and National Intelligence Council --rise
to the challenge? Indeed, is strategic planning a viable concept in
21st century foreign policy? These crucial questions guide this
eye-opening book.
The contributors include key figures from the past few decades
of foreign policy and planning --individuals responsible for
imposing some sort of order and strategic priority on foreign
policy in a world that changes by the minute. They provide
authoritative insight on the difficulties and importance of
thinking and acting in a coherent way, for the long term.
Contributors: Andrew P. N. Erdmann, Peter Feaver, Aaron L.
Friedberg, David F. Gordon, Richard N. Haass, William Inboden,
Bruce W. Jentleson, Steven D. Krasner, Jeffrey W. Legro, Daniel
Twining, Thomas Wright, Amy B. Zegart.
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