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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Mueller, John E.     Subjects     War (Philosophy)     Cold War -- Influence.     United States -- Military policy -- History -- 21st century.     United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.     United States -- Military relations -- 21st century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mueller, John E.       by title:      The stupidity of war...       by call number:      327.7300904 M946s     Search the Web     Mueller, John E.     War (Philosophy)     Cold War -- Influence.     United States -- Military policy -- History -- 21st century.     United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.     United States -- Military relations -- 21st century.       MARC Display

The stupidity of war : American foreign policy and the case for complacency / John Mueller. by Mueller, John E. Cambridge University Press, 2021. Call #: 327.7300904 M946s Subjects War (Philosophy)   Cold War -- Influence.   United States -- Military policy -- History -- 21st century.   United States -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century.   United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.   United States -- Military relations -- 21st century. ISBN:  9781108843836 (hc) Alternate title:  American foreign policy and the case for complacency Description:  x, 332 p. : charts ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "It 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."--Publisher. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 327.7300904 M946s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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