The Resource Mission failure : America and the world in the post-Cold War era, Michael Mandelbaum
Mission failure : America and the world in the post-Cold War era, Michael Mandelbaum
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- Summary
- "America's decision in 1991 to provide air defense to oppressed Kurds in Iraq after the Gulf War ushered in an entirely new era in American foreign policy. Until that moment, the United States had only used military power to defend against threats that its leaders thought would either weaken America's position in the world order or--in the worst case--threaten the homeland. But with this offer to the Kurds, the United States for the first time ever was now militarily involved in states that represented no threat, and with missions that were largely humanitarian and socio-political. After establishing the Kurdish no-fly zone, the US in quick succession intervened in Somalia, Haiti, and Kosovo. Even after 9/11, it decided that it had a duty to not just invade Iraq, but reconstruct Iraqi society along Western lines. In Mission Failure, the eminent scholar Michael Mandelbaum provides a comprehensive history of post-Cold War American foreign policy to show why this new approach was doomed to failure. Mandelbaum argues that all major foreign policy initiatives, both before and after September 11, 2001, had a basic feature in common: all were missions to transform other countries along Western lines, and all failed. This shift in policy did result in several positive effects, including a broad expansion of democracy and strong growth in the global economy. However, the U.S. had neither the capacity nor the will to change societies that were dramatically different from our own. Over two decades later, we can see the wreckage: a broken Iraq, a teetering Afghanistan, and a still-impoverished Haiti. Mandelbaum does not deny that American foreign policy has always had a strong ideological component. Instead, he argues that focusing solely on ideology at the expense of realism generally leads to mission failure"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 485 pages
- Contents
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- China, the Global Economy, and Russia
- Humanitarian Intervention
- The War on Terror and Afghanistan
- Iraq
- The Middle East
- The Restoration
- Isbn
- 9780190469474
- Label
- Mission failure : America and the world in the post-Cold War era
- Title
- Mission failure
- Title remainder
- America and the world in the post-Cold War era
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Mandelbaum
- Subject
-
- Humanitarian intervention -- History -- 20th century
- Realism -- Political aspects -- United States
- United States -- Military policy
- United States -- Foreign relations | Philosophy
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
- Humanitarian intervention -- History -- 21st century
- Ideology -- Political aspects -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "America's decision in 1991 to provide air defense to oppressed Kurds in Iraq after the Gulf War ushered in an entirely new era in American foreign policy. Until that moment, the United States had only used military power to defend against threats that its leaders thought would either weaken America's position in the world order or--in the worst case--threaten the homeland. But with this offer to the Kurds, the United States for the first time ever was now militarily involved in states that represented no threat, and with missions that were largely humanitarian and socio-political. After establishing the Kurdish no-fly zone, the US in quick succession intervened in Somalia, Haiti, and Kosovo. Even after 9/11, it decided that it had a duty to not just invade Iraq, but reconstruct Iraqi society along Western lines. In Mission Failure, the eminent scholar Michael Mandelbaum provides a comprehensive history of post-Cold War American foreign policy to show why this new approach was doomed to failure. Mandelbaum argues that all major foreign policy initiatives, both before and after September 11, 2001, had a basic feature in common: all were missions to transform other countries along Western lines, and all failed. This shift in policy did result in several positive effects, including a broad expansion of democracy and strong growth in the global economy. However, the U.S. had neither the capacity nor the will to change societies that were dramatically different from our own. Over two decades later, we can see the wreckage: a broken Iraq, a teetering Afghanistan, and a still-impoverished Haiti. Mandelbaum does not deny that American foreign policy has always had a strong ideological component. Instead, he argues that focusing solely on ideology at the expense of realism generally leads to mission failure"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mandelbaum, Michael
- Dewey number
- 327.73009/04
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Humanitarian intervention
- Humanitarian intervention
- Ideology
- Realism
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- Mission failure : America and the world in the post-Cold War era, Michael Mandelbaum
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-458) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- China, the Global Economy, and Russia
- Humanitarian Intervention
- The War on Terror and Afghanistan
- Iraq
- The Middle East
- The Restoration
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- ix, 485 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190469474
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2016000678
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Ownership
- *
- Label
- Mission failure : America and the world in the post-Cold War era, Michael Mandelbaum
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-458) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- China, the Global Economy, and Russia
- Humanitarian Intervention
- The War on Terror and Afghanistan
- Iraq
- The Middle East
- The Restoration
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- ix, 485 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190469474
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2016000678
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Ownership
- *
Subject
- Humanitarian intervention -- History -- 20th century
- Humanitarian intervention -- History -- 21st century
- Ideology -- Political aspects -- United States
- Realism -- Political aspects -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
- United States -- Foreign relations | Philosophy
- United States -- Military policy
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