Leslie H. Gelb (1937–2019)
Autor/a de The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked
Sobre l'autor
Leslie H. Gelb is President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former columnist at The New York Times, where he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism. Gelb has worked as a senior official in the State and Defense departments. He lives in New York City.
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Obres de Leslie H. Gelb
Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy (A Touchstone Book) (1984) 15 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Gelb, Leslie Howard
- Data de naixement
- 1937-03-04
- Data de defunció
- 2019-08-31
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
Washington, D.C. area, USA - Educació
- Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Tufts University (BA)
New Rochelle High School - Professions
- diplomat
journalist
commentator
editor
columnist - Organitzacions
- The New York Times
Council on Foreign Relations (Director, 1993-2003) - Premis i honors
- American Father of the Year (1993)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 3
- Membres
- 153
- Popularitat
- #136,480
- Valoració
- 3.4
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 13
"Gelb thinks that American leaders have misunderstood American power, which is really about "psychological and political pressure," not just military force. He channels Machiavelli and offers President Obama -- our "elected prince" -- rules for wielding power, as well as tips on Pakistan and Afghanistan. Politicians must avoid the three demons of foreign policy: ideology, domestic politics and the arrogance of power. Finally, the world is not flat; global power is a pyramid, with the United States atop other countries clustered in order of decreasing influence. The way to deploy power is to build coalitions with key second-tier nations, because these days, Washington can still lead the world, but it can't run the place alone. This underpins Gelb's grand new principle, compulsory in every such book: Mutual Indispensability."… (més)