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OverviewIt could be said that American foreign policy since 1945 has been one long miscue; most international threats - including during the Cold War - have been substantially exaggerated. The result has been agony and bloviation, unnecessary and costly military interventions that have mostly failed. A policy of complacency and appeasement likely would have worked better. In this highly readable book, John Mueller argues with wisdom and wit rather than ideology and hyperbole that aversion to international war has had considerable consequences. There has seldom been significant danger of major war. Nuclear weapons, international institutions, and America's super power role have been substantially irrelevant; post-Cold War policy has been animated more by vast proclamation and half-vast execution than by the appeals of liberal hegemony; and post-9/11 concerns about international terrorism and nuclear proliferation have been overwrought and often destructive. Meanwhile, threats from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, or from cyber technology are limited and manageable. Unlikely to charm Washington, Mueller explains how, when international war is in decline, complacency and appeasement become viable diplomatic devices and a large military is scarcely required. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Mueller (Ohio State University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.630kg ISBN: 9781108843836ISBN 10: 1108843832 Pages: 342 Publication Date: 04 March 2021 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews'Smart, provocative, and clearly argued, The Stupidity of War charts a path forward that is important for theory, policy, and how we as citizens think about our world.' Robert Jervis, Columbia University 'Unfailingly incisive, witty, original, prescient, and constructively contrarian. True to form, this case for complacency will shake you out of your complacency on American military policy.' Steven Pinker, Harvard University 'John Mueller is incapable of writing a boring sentence. a thought-provoking, brilliant, funny and iconoclastic work. It would be very difficult for even the most hardened foreign policy professionals to read it and come away with their basic assumptions intact.' Christopher Fettweis, Tulane University 'Mueller makes a convincing case that our rivals are far less formidable that we imagine - and that, in fact, the 21st century has brought a worldwide understanding of the folly of war that should reshape how governments and citizens think about national security.' Stephen Chapman, Chicago Tribune 'Mueller challenges and dazzles with his acute vision and acid assessment of conventional national security wisdom. He documents a history of US post-world War II threat inflation, gives US wars a failing grade, and questions most authority. All the while weaving in movie, musical, and literary references.' Neta C. Crawford, Boston University 'John Mueller has launched a characteristically bold and sweeping assault on the key tenets of American national security policy. Even readers who do not agree will be challenged by a well-crafted and thoroughly documented argument.' Martha Crenshaw, Stanford University and Wesleyan University 'John Mueller once again unsheathes his pen to puncture the Washington threat consensus.' Jacques E. C. Hymans, University of Southern California 'In this book, John Mueller makes the bold argument that a culture of peace - not institutions, democracy, or American leadership - is the source of peace since World War II. He goes on to recite and refute historical examples of alarmist rhetoric about potential threats that proved to be exaggerated.' Deborah Welch Larson, University of California, Los Angeles 'Smart, provocative, and clearly argued, The Stupidity of War charts a path forward that is important for theory, policy, and how we as citizens think about our world.' Robert Jervis, Columbia University 'Unfailingly incisive, witty, original, prescient, and constructively contrarian. True to form, this case for complacency will shake you out of your complacency on American military policy.' Steven Pinker, Harvard University 'John Mueller is incapable of writing a boring sentence. a thought-provoking, brilliant, funny and iconoclastic work. It would be very difficult for even the most hardened foreign policy professionals to read it and come away with their basic assumptions intact.' Christopher Fettweis, Tulane University 'Mueller makes a convincing case that our rivals are far less formidable that we imagine - and that, in fact, the 21st century has brought a worldwide understanding of the folly of war that should reshape how governments and citizens think about national security.' Stephen Chapman, Chicago Tribune 'Mueller challenges and dazzles with his acute vision and acid assessment of conventional national security wisdom. He documents a history of US post-world War II threat inflation, gives US wars a failing grade, and questions most authority. All the while weaving in movie, musical, and literary references.' Neta C. Crawford, Boston University 'John Mueller has launched a characteristically bold and sweeping assault on the key tenets of American national security policy. Even readers who do not agree will be challenged by a well-crafted and thoroughly documented argument.' Martha Crenshaw, Stanford University and Wesleyan University 'John Mueller once again unsheathes his pen to puncture the Washington threat consensus.' Jacques E. C. Hymans, University of Southern California 'In this book, John Mueller makes the bold argument that a culture of peace - not institutions, democracy, or American leadership - is the source of peace since World War II. He goes on to recite and refute historical examples of alarmist rhetoric about potential threats that proved to be exaggerated.' Deborah Welch Larson, University of California, Los Angeles 'Mueller's account of a rising aversion to international war since 1945 provides a timely rejoinder to ominous predictions of war.' Etel Solingen, University of California Irvine Author InformationJohn Mueller is a political scientist at Ohio State University, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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