The thoughts we express in this book are informed by our service in the pentagon during the first term of the Clinton administration and with the reflection of a year of distance from the fray.
The vividly written book in the first comprehensive assessment of the origins of the present-day democratic regime in Portugal to be placed in a broad international historical context. It is written with the benefit of a long-term vision of Portuguese history, and it emphasizes the significance of Portugal's new European orientation after centuries of global and oceanic preoccupations.
Based on fieldwork in Colombia's regions, the study provides a history of the conflict, compares it to other case studies, examines the war from the perspectives of the government and the guerrillas, delves into the development of special Colombian capabilities (notably in intelligence and the use of air power and special forces), and explains the economic dimension in terms both of historical …
In The Strategic Quadrangle five experts on East Asia explore the new shape of power among the major players in the region-Russia, China, Japan, and the United States. The authors examine the web of alliances, historical rivalries, and conflicting worldviews that define the relations among these four powers and analyze how the interactions among them will affect East Asia and the international …
In 1999 the former President answers all these questions and others. He gives us the basis for understanding how the world operates and how the United States should operate in the world. As we come to the end of this century of war and wonder of unprecedented bloodshed and political turmoil 1999 is an indispensable guide for avoiding repetition of our past mistakes as a nation, and fulfilling o…
This book delves into the complex interplay between global, regional, and national strategic issues and explores the intricate linkages that bind them together. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamic forces shaping our interconnected world, shedding light on the key challenges faced by global actors and how they resonate at regional and national levels.
This book is concerned with such strategic linkages and the political and military interdependencies between great powers and regional powers as evident on the continent of Asia. Specific chapters illustrate two basic themes: (1) the changing nature of the great-power-triangular relationship among Washington, Beijing, and Moscow and its security consequences for the regional states in Asia; and…
Illusions of triumph challenges the conventional view that the gulf war was a crushing victory for international cooperations over a brutal dictator.
I had wanted to write a book about Australia in the twenty first century so as to write about the Australia I liked, or perhaps wanted. I hoped, too, that Australia would be more successful in the next century than it had managed to be in this one. The twentieth century had been America's, not just in the sense that the United States became a dominanta power during it but because the style of t…
Benazir Bhutto is the daughter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was executed by General Mohammed Zia ul-Haq in 1979. The leadership of the Pakistan People's Party. the largest and most powerful mass-based group in the country, had been passed on to her and her mother, Begum Bhutto, two years earlier, following her father's arrest. Benazir subsequently spent the bett…