Paul Pillar

Why America Misunderstands the World

National Experience and Roots of Misperception

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Produktbeschreibung

Paul R. Pillar ties the American public's misconceptions about foreign threats and behaviors to the nation's history and geography, arguing that success occurs in spite of, not because of, the public's worldview. By exposing this longstanding challenge, Pillar hopes the United States can develop policies that better address international realities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780231165907
• ISBN-10: 0231165900
• Artikelnr.: 43364509

Autorenporträt

Paul R. Pillar is nonresident senior fellow at the Center for Security Studies of Georgetown University. He served in several senior positions with the CIA and the National Intelligence Council and is a retired army reserve officer. He is the author of Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform; Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy; and Negotiating Peace: War Termination as a Bargaining Process.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The American Prism
2. Behind the Ocean Moats
3. Abundance and Power
4. The Successful Society
5. Searching for Monsters to Destroy
6. Unending Misperception
Notes
Index

Rezensionen

"A formidable and influential scholar offers a fresh and distinctive take on the idea that US foreign policy is ultimately an expression of 'us' rather than 'them.'" - Andrew Bacevich, Boston University