From one of our most brilliant and original writers on U.S. foreign
policy, a stunning and timely book on the policy of the Bush
administration and its current grand strategy for the world.
Mead begins by analyzing America's historical approach to the
world--by no means perfect, but reasonably moral and reasonably
practical on the whole. Then he examines the explosive foreign
policy of the Bush administration and the uproar it has caused at
home and abroad. Bush, according to Mead, is often strategically
right but tactically at fault in his attempts to lead a divided
nation--and a divided coalition of allies--in a dangerous struggle
against ruthless enemies.
We see how the mass terror attacks of 2001 have changed the
political and strategic problems of American foreign policy.
Despair and decay in the Arab world now present America and its
allies with an extraordinarily difficult challenge. The
accelerating collapse of civilized life in broad reaches of
Africa--and the looming disasters of a similar kind in Central
Asia--threatens to create lawless, violent zones where terrorism
can thrive, and weapons of mass destruction and biological and
chemical weapons can proliferate.
We learn why key American alliances have frayed and why the Bush
administration's pronouncements and actions have ignited the most
acrimonious U.S. political battles over foreign policy since the
Vietnam War. Mead closes with a rigorous assessment of both Bush
and his critics, and describes the urgent steps the United States
must take lest casualties in the war on terror mount and the war
itself spin out of control. He proposes a new approach to the war
that can rebuild domestic and internationalsupport for a tough
antiterror policy, outlines a new initiative for the
Israeli-Palestinian dispute, and recommends sweeping changes for
reforming international institutions, including the United Nations
Security Council.
"Power, Terror, Peace, and War is a clear, concise guide to some of
the most pressing issues before us, today and for the foreseeable
future.
"From the Hardcover edition.
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