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Masters of illusion : = American leadership in the media age /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Masters of illusion :/ Steven Rosefielde, D. Quinn Mills.
Reminder of title:	American leadership in the media age /
Author:	Rosefielde, Steven,
other author:	Mills, Daniel Quinn,
Description:	1 online resource (xxvii, 540 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Government information - United States. -
Subject:	United States - Defenses -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510977
ISBN:	9780511510977 (ebook)

Masters of illusion : = American leadership in the media age /
Rosefielde, Steven,

Masters of illusion :American leadership in the media age /Steven Rosefielde, D. Quinn Mills. - 1 online resource (xxvii, 540 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

A world wounded -- Long-term economic realism -- "Smooth comforts false" -- the illusions that confuse us -- Towers of illusion: dysfunctional behaviors -- Mythomaniacs: the sources of our illusions -- Champions of freedom or imperialists: how we're perceived -- We're different now -- The economic roots of American power -- Economic disparities among nations -- Geopolitical aspirations of the nations -- A witch's brew of troubles: the next big wars -- The Middle East -- Strategic independence: an ounce of prevention -- America as mature superpower -- The dangers of overreach -- The transatlantic trap -- The middle course -- How public culture inhibits presidential leadership -- Choosing a great president -- Master of illusions.

The United States will confront a series of fundamental challenges through the middle of the twenty-first century. Using a theory of economic systems to gauge present and future global conflicts, Steven Rosefielde and D. Quinn Mills see the challenges as posed sequentially by terrorism, Russia, China, and the European Union. In the cases of terrorism, Russia, and China, Western leaders appreciate aspects of these perils, but they are crafting unduly soft policies to deal with the challenges. The authors believe that 'globalists' notwithstanding, such views are myopic in an era where nuclear proliferation has invalidated the concept of mutually assured destruction. What America requires is a new security concept that the authors call 'strategic independence' to enable keeping the peace in dangerous times and foster new generations of leaders capable of acting sanely despite a current public culture addicted to wishful thinking.

ISBN: 9780511510977 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

662427
Government information
--United States.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

528513
United States
--Defenses

LC Class. No.: JK468.S4 / R58 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 306.20973

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