Magic and Mayhem
The Delusions of American Foreign Policy From Korea to Afghanistan
Published on 7. September 2010
352 pages
978-1-4391-4167-0 (ISBN)
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As the nation commits itself to a renewed military effort in Afghanistan, Leebaert explains why we have so often stumbled in our foreign policy.
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09/2010
Simon & Schuster
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Derek Leebaert has taught foreign policy at Georgetown University since 1996, is a partner in the management consulting firm MAP AG, and is author, most recently, of To Dare and to Conquer: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations from Achilles to Al Qaeda (2006) and The Fifty Year Wound: How America's Cold War Victory Shapes Our World (2002).
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Sources of Magic
- Chapter 2: Emergency Men
- Chapter 3: The Mystique of American Management
- Chapter 4: Star Power
- Chapter 5: A World to be Labeled, Not Understood
- Chapter 6: Myths of History
- Chapter 7: We'll Show Them the Light
- Conclusion: Finding Our Better Angels
- Acknowledgments
- About Derek Leebaert
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright
