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Barnett is an interesting character. He is also impressively intelligent. He's not just an echo historian, merely repeating past events. Nor is he a kook futurist. Though I don't know his views on The Jetsons. ...more...]]> 20544810 1056446 1847244 0399153128 9780399153129 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189138671m/1847244.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189138671s/1847244.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1847244.Blueprint_for_Action_A_Future_Worth_Creating 4.40 10 Barnett maps out a sweeping new vision for the U.S. military in Blueprint for Action, the sequel to his influential previous book The Pentagon's New Map. He says the U.S. military has a massive doctrinal flaw. It has an unrivalled power to win wars. But it has little ability to win the peace. Witness Iraq, where virtually no thought was given to postwar stabilization and reconstruction. He advocates creating a new Department of Global Security in the U.S. government, tasked with putting countries back on their feet after an armed intervention by U.S. forces. He says the new department would also work to reduce economic and social instability in "disconnected" regions of the developing world. "It all starts with America and yes, it all starts with security," he writes. Barnett's vision is highly U.S.-centric and recalls the "white man's burden" philosophy of British colonial authorities. He advocates "regime change" in North Korea and Venezuela. And his solutions for the problems of the Third World are straight out of a banker's mouth: privatization, deregulation, globalization. But Blueprint for Action is an important account of the current thinking and debates at the highest levels of the Pentagon. --Alex Roslin

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]]> 2005 0 0 false Thu Jun 26 19:38:24 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 19:38:24 -0700 2008 24453058 146523 1847244 0399153128 9780399153129 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189138671m/1847244.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189138671s/1847244.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1847244.Blueprint_for_Action_A_Future_Worth_Creating 4.40 10 Barnett maps out a sweeping new vision for the U.S. military in Blueprint for Action, the sequel to his influential previous book The Pentagon's New Map. He says the U.S. military has a massive doctrinal flaw. It has an unrivalled power to win wars. But it has little ability to win the peace. Witness Iraq, where virtually no thought was given to postwar stabilization and reconstruction. He advocates creating a new Department of Global Security in the U.S. government, tasked with putting countries back on their feet after an armed intervention by U.S. forces. He says the new department would also work to reduce economic and social instability in "disconnected" regions of the developing world. "It all starts with America and yes, it all starts with security," he writes. Barnett's vision is highly U.S.-centric and recalls the "white man's burden" philosophy of British colonial authorities. He advocates "regime change" in North Korea and Venezuela. And his solutions for the problems of the Third World are straight out of a banker's mouth: privatization, deregulation, globalization. But Blueprint for Action is an important account of the current thinking and debates at the highest levels of the Pentagon. --Alex Roslin

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