Masters of Illusion American Leadership in the Media Age Phần 3 doc

... threats. Forexample, writing in the summer of 20 03, Michael Ledeen pointed to two peace initiatives – the Saudi peace plan of 2002 and the roadmap for peace in Palestine in the spring and summer of 20 03 – as efforts ... important being the increasing reach of American power and military bases into the former republics of the Soviet Union in central Asia. C...

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... POINTS 33 0 14 America as Mature Superpower 33 2 American Military Effectiveness 33 2 Revolution in Military Affairs 33 3 The Myth of War without Casualties 33 5 AFull-Range Military 33 6 The Case against ... in the national interest, is freed from being a prisoner of wishful thinking and is instead a Master of Illusions. CHAPTER 1: KEY POINTS 1. The American presi...

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... relations. Forexample, the sudden change in the Palestinian situation in the winter of 2005 was due to a change in the strategic setting in the Middle East as a result of the removal of Saddam Hussein from the leadership ... of diplomacy. The White House must always weigh the value of the truth against its cost, said a high of cial of the Clinton a...

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... 1820, living standards in West Europe were double those in China, reflecting the gains reaped during the first phase of the industrial revolution. Thereafter, the disparity accelerated, peaking in 1950 at ... and wage setting, managerial autonomy and the encouragement of entrepreneurship, all without a rule of law. They differ in only three respects. The Chinese have (...

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... state. In fact, the CIA’s anal- ysis to the contrary not withstanding – the Soviets have since the 1 930 s never led the United States in the rate of increase in living standards; rather, the only economic ... the development of trade between America and China, the loss of American jobs to China, and the increasing liberalization (it is said) of Chinese pol...

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... argued that the beginning of the Islamists’ use of terror bombing as a tactic against the West was the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in 1984. That bombing caused the American superpower to ... situation of the country and the frightening future in the view of the enormous amount of debts and interest owed by the government; this is at...

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... in dealing with the changing nuclear arms balance – that was occurring in the summer of 2001 in the press, in the halls of Congress and in the recesses of the defense agencies of Washington was ... Bush, 20 03 The finalresults of the invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003await the passage of time. It was originally justified as an effort to preve...

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... case. The advantage of co-coordination is that we can garner the benefit of working with others, without getting too entangled. Butifweare to assert the independence of our decision-making in inter- national ... persuaded as to either view, the cautious electorate of the nation’s midsection (the old Midwest) – which now holds the balance of political power in the c...

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... uthdidn’tundermine thesupport ofthe American peoplefor thepresident or the administration. It lessened support when the president was suspected of misleading us about the causes of the war; it forced the ... coalitions of the willing. The United States is right to break free of European entanglements which are the real remaining chains of twentieth century conflicts...

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... Press, 2004. Marshall, George W. The Winning of the War in Europe and the Pacific: Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, July 1, 19 43 to June 30 , 1945, to the Secretary of War.New York: ... 32 8 failure to preempt Riad bombing, 32 0, 32 1 role of in strategic independence, 32 0–21 September 11, 2001 and, 32 3–26, 33 0 strengths a...

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