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Security first [electronic resource] : for a muscular, moral foreign policy / Amitai Etzioni.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 308 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780300138047 (electronic bk.)
  • 0300138040 (electronic bk.)
  • 1281728780
  • 9781281728784
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Security first.DDC classification:
  • 355/.033073 22
LOC classification:
  • JZ5588 .E86 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Security first : for us, them, and the world -- The limits of social engineering -- The true fault line : warriors vs. preachers -- The importance of moral culture -- Grounds for intervention -- Security requires a new global architecture.
Summary: 'Rarely have more profound changes in American foreign policy been called for than today', begins Amitai Etzioni in the preface to this book. Yet Etzioni's concern is not to lay blame for past mistakes but to address the future: what can now be done to improve U.S. relations with the rest of the world? What should American policies be toward recently liberated countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, or rogue states like North Korea and Iran? When should the United States undertake humanitarian intervention abroad? What must be done to protect America from nuclear terrorism? The author asserts that providing basic security must be the first priority in all foreign policy considerations, even ahead of efforts to democratize. He sets out essential guidelines for a foreign policy that makes sense in the real world, builds on moral principles, and creates the possibility of establishing positive relationships with Muslim nations and all others. Etzioni has considered the issues deeply and for many years. His conclusions fall into no neat categories, neither "liberal" nor "conservative", for he is guided not by ideology but by empirical evidence and moral deliberation. His proposal rings with the sound of reason, and this important book belongs on the reading list of every concerned leader, policy maker, and voter in America.
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ელ.რესურსი ელ.რესურსი ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 355/359 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-293) and index.

Security first : for us, them, and the world -- The limits of social engineering -- The true fault line : warriors vs. preachers -- The importance of moral culture -- Grounds for intervention -- Security requires a new global architecture.

'Rarely have more profound changes in American foreign policy been called for than today', begins Amitai Etzioni in the preface to this book. Yet Etzioni's concern is not to lay blame for past mistakes but to address the future: what can now be done to improve U.S. relations with the rest of the world? What should American policies be toward recently liberated countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, or rogue states like North Korea and Iran? When should the United States undertake humanitarian intervention abroad? What must be done to protect America from nuclear terrorism? The author asserts that providing basic security must be the first priority in all foreign policy considerations, even ahead of efforts to democratize. He sets out essential guidelines for a foreign policy that makes sense in the real world, builds on moral principles, and creates the possibility of establishing positive relationships with Muslim nations and all others. Etzioni has considered the issues deeply and for many years. His conclusions fall into no neat categories, neither "liberal" nor "conservative", for he is guided not by ideology but by empirical evidence and moral deliberation. His proposal rings with the sound of reason, and this important book belongs on the reading list of every concerned leader, policy maker, and voter in America.

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