"Americans are weary of acting as the world's policeman, especially in the face of our unending economic troubles at home. President Obama stands for cutting defense budgets, leaving Afghanistan, abandoning Iraq, appeasing Russia, and offering premature declarations of victory over al Qaeda. Meanwhile, some Republicans now also argue for a far smaller and less expensive American footprint abroad. Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens rejects this view. As he sees it, retreating from our global responsibilities will ultimately exact a devastating price to our security and prosperity. In the 1930s, it was the weakness and vacillation of the democracies that led to war and genocide. Today the regimes in Tehran, Damascus, Beijing, and Moscow continue to test America's will. Americans have often been tempted to turn our backs on a world that fails to live up to our idealism and doesn't easily bend. But succumbing to that temptation always leads to tragedy. The mantle of global leadership is a responsibility we must shoulder for the sake of our freedom, our prosperity, and our safety"--
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ISBN: 9781591846628
Physical Description:xvi, 269 pagesprint
Publisher:New York, New York :Sentinel,c2014.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Come Home, America -- Pax Americana and Its Critics -- The Overdose of Ideals -- The Retreat Doctrine -- Republicans in Retreat -- Decline, and Retreat -- The Coming Global Disorder (Theory and History) -- The Coming Global Disorder (Practice and Present) -- A Scenario for Global Disorder -- A Way Forward.