Rogue States and Nuclear Outlaws; America's Search for a New Foreign Policy
David B. Keith (Author photograph) New York: Hill and Wang, 1995. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. ix, [3], 291, [1] pages. Tables. Notes. Index. Slightly cocked. Some ink marks noted. Corners of a number of pages creased. Michael T. Klare is a Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies, whose department is located at Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA), defense correspondent of The Nation magazine and author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Metropolitan). Klare also teaches at Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Klare serves on the board of directors of the Arms Control Association. He is a regular contributor to many publications including The Nation, TomDispatch and Mother Jones, and is a frequent columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. He also was the narrator of the movie Blood and Oil, which was produced by the Media Education Foundation. Well-known political analyst Klare presents a timely critical analysis of Pentagon strategy in the post-Cold War era and shows how the Pentagon's planners have created a new agenda that will justify Cold War levels of spending. He reveals how "rogue states" and "nuclear outlaws" like North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and Libya have been made new targets, and how the US Armed Forces are being reshaped to fight against these enemies. In this incisive examination of our national security policy, Michael Klare suggests that the Pentagon in effect established a new class of enemies when the Cold War came to an -unpredictable and hostile states in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Klare argues that the containment of these rising Third World powers-Iraq, Iran, Libya, and North Korea, especially-became the centerpiece of American military policy and the justification for near-Cold War levels of military spending. Condition: Good / Good.
Keywords: Military Strategy, Operation Desert Storm, Military Policy, Pentagon, Proliferation, Military Doctrine, Ballistic Missiles, Cold War, Nuclear Weapons, Colin Powell
ISBN: 0809082438
[Book #82909]
Price: $35.00