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The Opportunity: America's Moment to Alter History's Course Hardcover - 2005

by Richard N. Haass


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In this dramatic new perspective on international affairs, Richard N. Haass, one of the country's most brilliant analysts and able foreign policy practitioners, argues that it is hard to overstate the significance of there being no major power conflict in the world. America's great military, economic, and political power discourages traditional challenges; no ideological fault line divides the world into warring blocs. India, China, Japan, Russia, and Europe all seek a prolonged period of stability that would support economic growth.

The opportunity thus exists for unprecedented cooperation among the major powers. This is good, because they share vulnerabilities. Globalization, which promotes trade and investment and eases travel and communication, also facilitates the spread of viruses (human and computer alike), weapons, terrorists, greenhouse gases, and drugs. And the United States, for all its strength, cannot defeat these threats alone.

But opportunity is not inevitability. The question is whether the United States will be able to integrate other countries into global efforts against terrorism, the spread of nuclear weapons, genocide, and protectionist policies that jeopardize global economic prosperity. This compelling book explains why it must and how it can.

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  • Title The Opportunity: America's Moment to Alter History's Course
  • Author Richard N. Haass
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 242
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher PublicAffairs, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-05
  • ISBN 9781586482763 / 1586482769
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.92 x 5.48 x 0.95 in (20.12 x 13.92 x 2.41 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005045807
  • Dewey Decimal Code 327.730

About the author

Prior to becoming President of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard N.Haass was a principal adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Haass also served as U.S. coordinator for policy toward the future of Afghanistan and was the lead U.S. government official in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. He previously served in Jimmy Carter's Pentagon, in Ronald Reagan's State Department, and in George H. W. Bush's White House.
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