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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Leebaert, Derek.     Subjects     Magical thinking -- Political aspects -- United States.     Political culture -- United States.     United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.     United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-     United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy.     United States -- Foreign relations administration.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Leebaert, Derek.       by title:      Magic and mayhem / D...         MARC Display

Magic and mayhem / Derek Leebaert. by Leebaert, Derek. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010. Subjects Magical thinking -- Political aspects -- United States.   Political culture -- United States.   United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.   United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-   United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy.   United States -- Foreign relations administration. ISBN:  9781439125694 1439125694 9781439141670 (ebk.) 1439141673 (ebk.) 9781439125717 (pbk.) 1439125716 (pbk.) Description:  336 p. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. Contents:  Sources of magic -- Emergency men -- The mystique of American management -- Star power -- A world to be labeled, not understood -- Myths of history -- We'll show them the light -- Conclusion: Finding our better angels. Requests:  0 Summary:  As the nation commits itself to a renewed military effort in Afghanistan, Georgetown foreign relations professor Leebaert explains why we have so often stumbled in our foreign policy. He analyzes the follies and failures of "emergency men," the political appointees, intellectuals, and policy entrepreneurs of the national security establishment, from the Best and Brightest architects of the Vietnam debacle to the neo-con masterminds of the Iraq War.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 327.73009 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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