Full spectrum diplomacy and grand strategy
Subtitle: reforming the structure and culture of U.S. foreign policy
By: John Lenczowski
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780739150658; 9780739150665
Subjects: United States; Foreign relations; Foreign relations administration
Description: This study is designed to contribute to the current efforts to reform the United States' foreign policy and national security capabilities. It addresses contemporary problems with specific policy and structural recommendations, but also aims to teach lessons in diplomacy and strategy that apply to all times and places. The author asserts that the U.S. needs a successful long-term national strategy integrating all the instruments of statecraft to influence the world positively to restore its ability to win friends, allies, politically motivated intelligence sources, and the resultant ability to achieve peace and security.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem : the absence of an influence culture in U.S. foreign policy; title: The problem of defining the problem; title: Historical background; title: The knowledge problem : the failure to understand integrated strategy and all the dimensions of political influence; title: The structural problem : the absence of a supportive culture, strategic planning, and interagency integration for public diplomacy; title: Solutions : to build an influence culture and an integrated strategy.