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The Big Stick - The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force (Hardcover)
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The Big Stick - The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force (Hardcover)
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Speak softly and carry a big stick" Theodore Roosevelt famously
said in 1901, when the United States was emerging as a great power.
It was the right sentiment, perhaps, in an age of imperial rivalry
but today many Americans doubt the utility of their global military
presence, thinking it outdated, unnecessary or even dangerous. In
The Big Stick , Eliot A. Cohen,a scholar and practitioner of
international relations,disagrees. He argues that hard power
remains essential for American foreign policy. While acknowledging
that the US must be careful about why, when, and how it uses force,
he insists that its international role is as critical as ever, and
armed force is vital to that role. Cohen explains that American
leaders must learn to use hard power in new ways and for new
circumstances. The rise of a well-armed China, Russia's conquest of
Crimea and eastern Ukraine, nuclear threats from North Korea and
Iran, and the spread of radical Islamist movements like ISIS are
some of the key threats to global peace. If the United States
relinquishes its position as a strong but prudent military power,
and fails to accept its role as the guardian of a stable world
order we run the risk of unleashing disorder, violence and tyranny
on a scale not seen since the 1930s. The US is still, as Madeleine
Albright once dubbed it, the indispensable nation."
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