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Summary: Leading foreign policy expert Gelb offers guidelines on how American power actually works and should be wielded in today's tumultuous world. He argues that Washington risks losing the essential lifeblood of its national security--its power--unless American leaders relearn the lessons of how to use that power. The United States remains far and away the most powerful country in a world where power remains sharply pyramidal. But the U.S. is not the dominant power, and it can't dictate to others. Gelb persuasively shows that America's future power must be based on the principle of mutual indispensability: Washington is the indispensable leader because it alone can galvanize coalitions to solve major international problems (and all nations know this), while other key nations are indispensable partners in getting the job done. The reality is this: succeed together or fail apart.--From publisher description

Language: eng

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trueNew York, Harper, c2009

Edition: 1st ed.

Extent: xvii, 334 p.

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The revolution in world power
What power is, and what power isn't
Power in the American century
The new pyramid of world power
Strategy and power : mutual indispensability
Intelligence and power
U.S. domestic politics and power
Military power
Economic power
Stage-setting power
Foreign policy power
U.S. policy and power in the Middle East
Necessity, choice, and common sense

Isbn: 9780061714542

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Title: Power rules

Title remainder: how common sense can rescue American foreign policy

Statement of responsibility: Leslie H. Gelb

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truePolitics and global affairs

Language: eng

Summary: Leading foreign policy expert Gelb offers guidelines on how American power actually works and should be wielded in today's tumultuous world. He argues that Washington risks losing the essential lifeblood of its national security--its power--unless American leaders relearn the lessons of how to use that power. The United States remains far and away the most powerful country in a world where power remains sharply pyramidal. But the U.S. is not the dominant power, and it can't dictate to others. Gelb persuasively shows that America's future power must be based on the principle of mutual indispensability: Washington is the indispensable leader because it alone can galvanize coalitions to solve major international problems (and all nations know this), while other key nations are indispensable partners in getting the job done. The reality is this: succeed together or fail apart.--From publisher description

Summary: An assessment of the use and misuse of American power in international affairs urges leaders to use their influence to solve major international problems rather than dictating to other nations, and evaluates historical examples from the past half-century

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI: 306271

Cataloging source: DLC

http://library.link/vocab/creatorName: Gelb, Leslie H

Dewey number: 327.73

Index: index present

LC call number: JZ1480.A5

LC item number: G45 2009

Literary form: non fiction

Nature of contents: bibliography

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United States
United States
Power (Social sciences)
World politics
Buitenlandse politiek
Verenigde Staten

Target audience: adult

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Label: Power rules : how common sense can rescue American foreign policy, Leslie H. Gelb

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truePower rules : how common sense can rescue American foreign policy

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trueNew York, Harper, c2009

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-318) and index

Contents: The revolution in world power -- What power is, and what power isn't -- Power in the American century -- The new pyramid of world power -- Strategy and power : mutual indispensability -- Intelligence and power -- U.S. domestic politics and power -- Military power -- Economic power -- Stage-setting power -- Foreign policy power -- U.S. policy and power in the Middle East -- Necessity, choice, and common sense

Control code: ocn262886330

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Edition: 1st ed.

Extent: xvii, 334 p.

Isbn: 9780061714542

Lccn: 2008051977

System control number: (OCoLC)262886330

Label: Power rules : how common sense can rescue American foreign policy, Leslie H. Gelb

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Publication

trueNew York, Harper, c2009

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-318) and index

Contents: The revolution in world power -- What power is, and what power isn't -- Power in the American century -- The new pyramid of world power -- Strategy and power : mutual indispensability -- Intelligence and power -- U.S. domestic politics and power -- Military power -- Economic power -- Stage-setting power -- Foreign policy power -- U.S. policy and power in the Middle East -- Necessity, choice, and common sense