Jim Mann
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Description
x, 416 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping history of the intertwined careers of Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, whose rivalry and conflicting views of U.S. national security color our political debate to this day. Dick Cheney and Colin Powell emerged on the national scene more than thirty years ago, and it is easy to forget that they were once allies. It was Cheney who pressed for Powell's appointment as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, over the initial skepticism of the White...
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Description
xx, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on new interviews and previously unavailable documents, Mann finally answers the troubling questions about Reagan's actual role in the crumbling of Soviet power; and concludes that by recognizing the significance of Gorbachev, Reagan helped bring the Cold War to a close.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
xx, 392 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An analysis of the events, ideas, and conflicts that have defined the Obama administration's foreign policy explores the struggles to enact coherent and effective policies at a time of global turmoil.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Description
xiii, 127 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
""Journalist and China expert Mann examines the evolution of American policy toward China and asks, Does it make sense? What are our ideas and hidden assumptions about China? In this vigorous look at China's political evolution and its future, Mann explores two scenarios popular among the policy elite. The Soothing Scenario contends that the spread of capitalism will gradually bring about a development of democratic institutions and a progressive...
