Good thread...Here’s a book of interest (apparently to a very few)...
http://books.google.com/books?id=MqHGJ7RJMcoC
Thanks for the link.
Will check it out.
Yes, that book spells plenty out, as I understand it.
The status of the United States as a world power, and the nature of power itself, are at a historic turning point, a time when the nation’s decisions could determine how long it remains a superpower. It is essential that we understand and adapt to the new security environment in which we find ourselves. Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, both former National Security Advisors under markedly different administrations, dissect, in moderated conversations, the most significant foreign policy challenges facing the U.S.: the Middle East, Russia, China, Europe, the developing world, the changing nature of power in a globalized world, and what Brzezinski has called the “global political awakening.” While one author is a Republican and the other a Democrat, they broadly agree on the need to adapt to a new international environment. Where they disagree, their exchanges are always both deeply informed and provocative.—From publisher description.
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America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy
By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, David Ignatius
Contributor Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, David Ignatius
Published by Basic Books, 2008
ISBN 0465015018, 9780465015016
291 pages