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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797827303321

Autore

Brands Hal <1983->

Titolo

The Power of the Past [[electronic resource] ] : History and Statecraft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brookings Institution Press, 2015

ISBN

0-8157-2713-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

SuriJeremi

Disciplina

973

Soggetti

Archaeology

United States Foreign relations Case studies

United States History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; 1 - Introduction: Thinking about History and Foreign Policy; Part I - How History does Influence Policy; 2 - Henry Kissinger, the Study of History, and the Modern Statesman; 3 - Policymaking and the Uses of the Vietnam War; 4 - Neither Munich nor Vietnam: The Gulf War of 1991; 5 - Narrating Democracy: Historical Narratives, the Potsdam Declaration, and Japanese Rearmament, 194550; Part II - How History can and should Influence Policy; 6 - Containment: Myth and Metaphor; 7 - Grand Strategy and Petty Squabbles: The Paradox and Lessons of the Reagan NSC

8 - The Ambiguities of Humanitarian Intervention9 - The Shadow of White Slavery: Race, Innocence, and History in Contemporary AntiHuman Trafficking Campaigns; Part III - Policymakers Insights; 10 - History, Policymaking, and the Balkans: Lessons Imported and Lessons Learned; 11 - Looking Forward through the Past: The Role of History in Bush White House National Security Policymaking; 12 - The Nature of Historys Lessons; About the Authors; Index; Back Cover