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Wilson's ghost : reducing the risk of conflict, killing, and catastrophe in the 21st century /

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Woodrow Wilson's vision of a collective international action to resist aggressive conflict after the carnage of World War I failed tragically. Over 160 million people died in war during the 20th century, and in Wilson's Ghost, Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight put forth a decisive, mu...

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Main Author: McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009 (Author)
Other Authors: Blight, James G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Public Affairs, [2001]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Peaceful change (International relations)
Security, International.
Pacific settlement of international disputes.
Disarmament.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
Transformations pacifiques (Relations internationales)
Règlement pacifique des conflits internationaux.
Désarmement.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1989-
Disarmament
Diplomatic relations
Pacific settlement of international disputes
Security, International
United States
Außenpolitik
Friedenspolitik
Friedenssicherung
Sicherheitspolitik
Strategie
International relations.
International security.
Arms control.
United States > Foreign relations.
Since 1989
Table of Contents:
  • A 21st-century manifesto : choose life over death
  • Prologue : Wilson's tragedy, and ours
  • A radical agenda : the U.S. role in global security in the 21st century
  • Preventing great power conflict : bringing Russia and China in from the cold
  • Reducing communal killing : intervention in "dangerous, troubled, failed, murderous states"
  • Avoiding nuclear catastrophe : moving steadily and safely to a nuclear-weapons-free world
  • Reducing human carnage : an agenda for the 21st century
  • Epilogue : Listening to Wilson's ghost.