| From Publishers Weekly The intellectual complement to Zinni and Clancy‘s bestselling Battle Ready （2004）, a narrative memoir salted with specific policy recommendations, this volume provides the former U.S. Central Command chief‘s analysis of America‘s current global position. Zinni begins by asserting that America‘s status as "the most powerful nation in the history of the planet" has created a de facto empire. The U.S. has no choice: if it fails to take the lead, nothing significant happens. At the same time, Americans must recognize that, in a global age, there can be no zero-sum games: when someone loses, no one wins in any but the shortest term, he argues. The bulk of the book critiques what Zinni describes as the current U.S. emphasis on unilateral action and calls instead for working with others toward the goals of worldwide stability and development. "[N]egotiation, mediation and facilitation" should be our favored approaches, Zinni writes. And the post–Cold War pattern of ad hoc improvisation in foreign affairs should give way to systematic, in-depth planning. While fans of Battle Ready may grow frustrated with the abstractions in this volume, Zinni‘s pragmatic, low-key approach merits serious consideration. （Apr. 4） Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Review "A warning that deserves serious consideration."--The New York Times |
| Acknowledgments Foreword by Tom Clancy One America's Power & Purpose Two In the Foxhole Three Beyond Checkpoint Charlie Four The New Face of War Five Colliding Worlds Six Stovepipes Seven Strategy Eight From Strategy to Foxholes Nine On the Front Lines of Peace Ten The Battle for Peace Afierword Index |
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