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Smart Power: Between Diplomacy and War
Author(s): Christian Whiton (Author)
- Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
- Publication Date: 1 Sept. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 1612346197
- ISBN-13: 9781612346199
Book Description
Christian Whiton, a prolific writer and TV commentator on national security who saw firsthand the successes and failures of statecraft in the George W. Bush administration, offers new solutions to the foreign threats America faces today. Smart Power describes the practice of modern political warfare―the real smart power―and spotlights the neglected instruments of national power that lie between diplomacy and outright war.
Neither liberal nor realist nor neoconservative, Whiton’s approach is based on principles applied by Presidents Ronald Reagan and Harry Truman, among others. Arguing that Americans must reject the false choice between statecraft and armed conflict, Whiton explains that successful foreign policy should utilise all the tools at Americans’ disposal short of war in seeking to influence political outcomes in nations and regions of geopolitical strategic importance to the United States.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“A fascinating, well-argued book.”–James P. Farwell,
Huffington Post“Christian Whiton takes us on a long march through Washington’s national security institutions. At every turn, he offers clear, commonsense fixes for the organizational dysfunction that stands in the way of the whole-of-government action needed to cope with post-9/11 challenges. Readers will start Smart Power by nodding in agreement. They will finish by wanting to shout, ‘YES!'”–Robert Andrews, former deputy undersecretary of defense for counterintelligence and security
“Since the end of the Cold War our foreign policy seems to have developed a bipolar disorder. Occasionally we fight, but otherwise we talk . . . just talk. And we seem to talk toughest to our friends. Christian Whiton shows us how to take a much better path, one on which we help our friends and undermine our adversaries and enemies. His counsel is creative and in equal measure Jeffersonian and Machiavellian. Bravo.”–R. James Woolsey, former director of central intelligence, Bill Clinton administration
“The foreign policy prescriptions Christian Whiton offers in Smart Power are advanced with passion and erudition–and without fear or favor for either political party or any entrenched school of thought. Readers will also receive an extraordinary education in what really goes on inside the State Department, and the ways in which American diplomats must often contend with obstructionist, dilatory, and irrational actors in their own government before venturing forth to engage them in the ministries of our allies and enemies abroad.”–James Rosen, Fox News chief Washington correspondent
“This book should be read by every unselfconscious, unapologetic patriot, whether conservative or liberal. . . . And it should be on the reading list of every potential candidate who aspires to replace the incumbent president.”–Lewis E. Lehrman, American Spectator
About the Author
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