Another century of war?
By: Gabriel Kolko.
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by W.W. Norton
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001- -- Forecasting; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Description: "The war in Afghanistan was apparently a decisive military triumph. But was it also a political failure? Gabriel Kolko, whose masterly studies of conflict have redefined our views of modern warfare and its consequences, turns his critical eye to our current crisis and suggests it may portend a dark future at home and abroad.".

"The roots of today's conflicts lie in America's own cynical policies in the Middle East and Afghanistan, a half-century of realpolitik justified by crusades for oil and against communism. Though the latter threat has disappeared, America has become even more ambitious in its foreign adventures and, as recent events prove all too well, even less secure.

For decades, the United States has reacted to the complexity of world affairs with overwhelming firepower rather than realistic political response and negotiation. Reviewing the history of American foreign policy, Kolko argues that the same policies that have produced disaster in the last five decades will continue to do so in the future. American strategists have failed once again to heed the lessons of the past, and there may be baleful consequences, for America and for the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-157) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The War Comes Home; title: 2 The Middle East: The Legacies of Failure 19; title: 3 The Trap: Afghanistan and the United States 45; title: 4 The Making of American Foreign Policy: Successes, and Failures 86; title: 5 Strategic Confusions 106; title: 6 Another Century of War? 138; title: Sources and Notes 151; title: Index 159.