Stupidity of War

Part I. Assessing the Threat Record: 1. Korea, massive extrapolation, deterrence, and the crisis circus; 2. Vietnam, containment, and the curious end of the cold war; 3. Military intervention and the continued quest for threat after the cold war; 4. Al-Qaeda and the 9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan; 5. Chasing terrorists around the globe and other post-9/11 ventures; Part II. Evaluating Present Threats: 6. The rise of China, the assertiveness of Russia, and the antics of Iran; 7. Proliferation, terrorism, humanitarian intervention, and other problems; 8. Hedging, risk, arrogance, and the Iraq syndrome.

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• Guerra e Defesa
• História das Américas
• Relações internacionais
• História do século 20 do pós-guerra, de c 1945 a c 2000

decline of international war; rise of war aversion; appeasement; complacency; threat inflation; military spending; deterrence; containment; Pax Americana; ideas