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Understanding the New Us Defense Policy Through the Speeches of Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense - Speeches and Remarks December 18, 2006 to Febru (Paperback, New)
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Understanding the New Us Defense Policy Through the Speeches of Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense - Speeches and Remarks December 18, 2006 to Febru (Paperback, New)
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Loot Price R541
Discovery Miles 5 410
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Many people don't realize that the Bush administration changed U.S.
military policy, particularly towards Iraq, after the congressional
elections of 2006. The start of the 110th Congress in 2007, and the
shift in Congressional power, also coincided with the decline of
the Rumsfeld-Cheney cabal that had been extremely influential in
directing the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and U.S. military policy
in general, prior to that.******The emerging direction of the new
U.S. military and defense policy is more pragmatic, less
ideological and quietly (though not explicitly) recognizes the
failure of policies in the earlier years of the current
administration.******The man epitomizing this change more than any
other is Robert M. Gates, the man who replaced Donald Rumsfeld as
the U.S. Secretary of Defense. With vast experience in public
service as well as in academia (he has lectured at Universities
like Yale and Georgetown, and was the interim Dean of the Business
School at Texas A&M just before being selected to replace Mr.
Rumsfeld), he has quietly reversed a number of older policies and
brought a much needed pragmatic approach to U.S. policies
abroad.******He is also a lively speaker with a great sense of
humor. Here are his speeches, as released by the U.S. Department of
Defense, from his inauguration to February 2008-the key period when
a lot of these changes in U.S. policies were taking place. These
provide a valuable insight into where U.S. defense and military
policies are headed during the remaining days of the Bush
administration.
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