ABSTRACT

This anthology brings together essays and speeches the author have written and delivered, both in academia and in government, on the perennial question of national security that involves wider considerations, including political statecraft, economic strength, and ideological vitality.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

part One|43 pages

U.S. Strategy

chapter Chapter One|9 pages

From Loss of Nerve to Loss of Control

chapter Chapter Two|6 pages

Reagan’s Ominous Legacy in Foreign Policy

chapter Chapter Three|8 pages

U.S. Military Strategy

chapter Chapter Four|18 pages

America’s New Geostrategy

part Two|32 pages

The Making of National Security Policy

chapter Chapter Five|16 pages

The NSC and the President

chapter Chapter Six|10 pages

Executive-Legislative Tensions in Foreign Affairs

chapter Chapter Seven|4 pages

Not History But Morality

part Three|25 pages

The Carter Legacy

chapter Chapter Eight|11 pages

U.S. Policy and Global Change

chapter Chapter Nine|7 pages

The Goals of U.S. Foreign Policy

chapter Chapter Ten|5 pages

President Carter’s Human Rights Policy

part Four|25 pages

Defense and Arms Control

chapter Chapter Eleven|6 pages

SALT and National Security

chapter Chapter Twelve|5 pages

From Arms Control to Controlled Security

chapter Chapter Thirteen|9 pages

The Strategic Implications of “Thou Shalt Not Kill”

chapter Chapter Fourteen|3 pages

A World Without Nuclear Weapons

part Five|33 pages

Trilateral Relations

chapter Chapter Fifteen|9 pages

Western Power and Global Security

chapter Chapter Sixteen|7 pages

The North Pacific and Global Security

chapter Chapter Seventeen|15 pages

Peaceful Change in a Divided Europe

part Six|20 pages

Regional Conflicts

chapter Chapter Eighteen|4 pages

America’s Mideast Policy Is in Shambles

chapter Chapter Nineteen|3 pages

Geopolitics and U.S. Strategy in the Gulf

chapter Chapter Twenty|5 pages

Afghanistan and Nicaragua

chapter Chapter Twenty-One|6 pages

Strategic Implications of the Central American Crisis

part Seven|62 pages

U.S.-Soviet Relations

chapter Chapter Twenty-Two|15 pages

A World Power of a New Type

chapter Chapter Twenty-Three|10 pages

The Crisis of Communism

chapter Chapter Twenty-Four|22 pages

The Future of Yalta

chapter Chapter Twenty-Five|13 pages

The U.S.-Soviet Relationship: Paradoxes and Prospects