Jackson Robert J., Towle Philip. Temptations of Power. The United States in Global Politics after 9/11

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Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 228 p.

"Temptations of Power" examines the new security dilemma that confronted George W. Bush when terrorists proved for the first time on 9/11 that they could seriously wound even the greatest of military powers on its own soil. The authors argue that the response was influenced by neo-conservative exaggeration of the efficacy of military power and belief in the US ability to change the world. Jackson and Towle advocate for new politics--but not the kind Washington has adopted since 2001.

Grappling with the New World:
Concepts and Realities.
September 11 2001 and its aftermath.
Concepts and realities.
Concepts in inteational relations.
Realities in inteational relations.
The security debate.
Limited sovereignty.
Inteational intervention.
The old and new security dilemmas.
Ideologies, Ideas and Political Slogans in the.
Formation of George W. Bush’s Foreign Policy.
A clash of civilizations.
America as empire.
The neoconservatives.
From commentators and analysts to George W. Bush.
The United States, Europe and the World.
From victim to pariah.
The temptation of Iraq.
The anti-Iraq coalition, 2003.
Why Europeans often disagreed with the United States.
The growth of US military power.
The end of the balance of power? .
The United States’ unipolar moment.
New Challenges to US Hegemony: China and the Muslim World.
The challenge from China.
The Muslim challenge.
Military Power and Democratic Transition.
The uses and abuses of military power.
Military power and democracy.
Coalition-building or unilateral action? .
The importance of restraint.
The Temptation of Preventive War.
Mode precedents for pre-emptive and preventive wars.
Israel’s preventive war precedents in the Middle East.
The United States creeps toward pre-emptive and preventive strategies.
The US decision to launch preventive war.
Fire discipline.
Precision attacks.
Preventive war and the ‘axis of evil’.
Advantages and disadvantages of preventive war.
Misunderstanding Terrorism: The Sword.
The new face of conflict.
Terrorism as a concept.
New and old terrorism.
Al-Qaeda, affiliates, regional jihadists and copycats.
Anti-terrorist strategies.
Bush’s moment: war without purpose.
Homeland (In)Security: The Shield.
Civil liberties.
The Patriot Act.
Enemy combatants.
Prison abuses.
Justice or security? .
The Department of Homeland Security.
Border controls.
Creating Quagmires: Winning the Wars,
Losing the Peace.
Context and war in Afghanistan.
Context and war in Iraq.
Justifications and denunciations of the wars.
Consequences of the wars.
Afghanistan since the war.
Iraq since the war.
Constitutional developments in Iraq.
Staying power and counter-insurgency.
Ending insurgencies.
Quagmires.
The Burden of Power.
The Intelligence agencies.
Nuclear terrorism.
Financial costs.
Homeland insecurities.
Security or insecurity?

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