Power Rules - How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (Paperback, Updated ed.)


Inspired by Machiavelli's classic "The Prince," Leslie H. Gelb offers illuminating guidelines on how American power actually works and should be wielded in today's tumultuous world. Writing with the perspective of four decades of extraordinary access and influence in government, think tanks, and journalism, Gelb provides an incisive look at the major U.S. foreign-policy triumphs and tragedies of the past half century, and offers practical rules on how to effectively exercise power today. "Power Rules" is an impassioned challenge to both liberals and conservatives and a plea to reclaim the true meaning of power and the essential role of common sense in solving global problems.


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Inspired by Machiavelli's classic "The Prince," Leslie H. Gelb offers illuminating guidelines on how American power actually works and should be wielded in today's tumultuous world. Writing with the perspective of four decades of extraordinary access and influence in government, think tanks, and journalism, Gelb provides an incisive look at the major U.S. foreign-policy triumphs and tragedies of the past half century, and offers practical rules on how to effectively exercise power today. "Power Rules" is an impassioned challenge to both liberals and conservatives and a plea to reclaim the true meaning of power and the essential role of common sense in solving global problems.

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Imprint

HarperPerennial

Country of origin

United States

Release date

February 2010

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

February 2010

Authors

Dimensions

203 x 134 x 22mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

352

Edition

Updated ed.

ISBN-13

978-0-06-171456-6

Barcode

9780061714566

Categories

LSN

0-06-171456-9



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