Temptations of Power

The United States in Global Politics After 9/11

By: Robert J. Professor Jackson, Philip Towle

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Hardcover | 3 October 2006 | Edition Number 1

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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.

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'Jackson and Towle have written the best indictment of American foreign policy under the leadership of George W. Bush yet published...[They] have given us a snap shot of the deterioration of international relations. They have written a must-read - and have possibly told more than thy intended.' - Carl Cavanagh Hodge, International Journal

'...an empowering and engrossing book that encourages the reader to reflect on the world populus following events post 9/11...Jackson and Towle have provided a book that will be useful both as a text and reference, not only for academics and students of international relations, international policy and governance, but as a very readable book for the generalist interested in developing and forming an informed and honest opinion of the Bush administration and American international politics since the end of the Cold War.' - Victoria Redfern Australian Journal of Public Administration

The book's importance lies in its attempt to address the most controversial and important aspect of contempaory politics in a serious, multilateral and deeply political way... Jackson and Towle have written a brave book'

- Eleni Karasavvidou, The European Legacy

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Acknowledgements	p. viii
Introduction: Temptations of Power	p. ix
Grappling with the New World: Concepts and Realities	p. 1
September 11 2001 and its aftermath	p. 2
Concepts and realities	p. 4
Concepts in international relations	p. 6
Realities in international relations	p. 9
The security debate	p. 10
Limited sovereignty	p. 12
International intervention	p. 13
The old and new security dilemmas	p. 14
Ideologies, Ideas and Political Slogans in the Formation of George W. Bush's Foreign Policy	p. 16
A clash of civilizations	p. 18
America as empire	p. 22
The neoconservatives	p. 28
From commentators and analysts to George W. Bush	p. 36
The United States, Europe and the World	p. 44
From victim to pariah	p. 44
The temptation of Iraq	p. 45
The anti-Iraq coalition, 2003	p. 49
Why Europeans often disagreed with the United States	p. 51
The growth of US military power	p. 53
The end of the balance of power?	p. 55
The United States' unipolar moment	p. 57
New Challenges to US Hegemony: China and the Muslim World	p. 64
The challenge from China	p. 65
The Muslim challenge	p. 71
Military Power and Democratic Transition	p. 84
The uses and abuses of military power	p. 85
Military power and democracy	p. 89
Coalition-building or unilateral action?	p. 93
The importance of restraint	p. 96
The Temptation of Preventive War	p. 102
Modern precedents for pre-emptive and preventive wars	p. 105
Israel's preventive war precedents in the Middle East	p. 106
The United States creeps toward pre-emptive and preventive strategies	p. 108
The US decision to launch preventive war	p. 113
Fire discipline	p. 113
Precision attacks	p. 115
Preventive war and the 'axis of evil'	p. 117
Advantages and disadvantages of preventive war	p. 119
Misunderstanding Terrorism: The Sword	p. 123
The new face of conflict	p. 123
Terrorism as a concept	p. 126
New and old terrorism	p. 127
Al-Qaeda, affiliates, regional jihadists and copycats	p. 130
Anti-terrorist strategies	p. 134
Bush's moment: war without purpose	p. 136
Homeland (In)Security: The Shield	p. 139
Civil liberties	p. 143
The Patriot Act	p. 144
Enemy combatants	p. 147
Prison abuses	p. 151
Justice or security?	p. 152
The Department of Homeland Security	p. 154
Border controls	p. 155
The Intelligence agencies	p. 157
Nuclear terrorism	p. 159
Financial costs	p. 163
Homeland insecurities	p. 164
Security or insecurity?	p. 165
Creating Quagmires: Winning the Wars, Losing the Peace	p. 168
Context and war in Afghanistan	p. 169
Context and war in Iraq	p. 171
Justifications and denunciations of the wars	p. 173
Consequences of the wars	p. 176
Afghanistan since the war	p. 177
Iraq since the war	p. 178
Constitutional developments in Iraq	p. 181
Staying power and counter-insurgency	p. 184
Ending insurgencies	p. 185
Quagmires	p. 188
The Burden of Power	p. 196
Bibliography	p. 204
Index	p. 213
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