Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11 (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
by By Litwak, Robert S.
Category: Political Science , International Relations , General

Litwak (international security studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) critically analyzes the Bush administration's emphasis on the need for regime change to confront the perceived threat of weapons of mass destruction in the hands of "rogue states" or allied terrorist groups. He argues that the turn towards regime change has left an unresolved tension in US foreign policy--behavior change versus regime change--that frustrates the effective integration of force and diplomacy and points to Libya's dismantling of its WMD programs as an example of effective diplomacy of the type that could be upset by too much careless regime change rhetoric. Finally, he illustrate his argument with case studies of US approaches towards Iraq, Libya, Iran, North Korea, and nonstate actors such as Al Qaeda. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)