Harper Perennial
Power Rules : How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy
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Power Rules
Author(s): Leslie H. Gelb, PhD
Review(s):
“A smart and lively new book.”
“Few Americans know the inner world of American foreign policy—its feuds, follies, and fashions—as well as Leslie H. Gelb. . . . Power Rules builds on that lifetime of experience with power and is a witty and acerbic primer.”
“Power Rules provides a much-needed antidote to the ideological fevers that have ravaged American statecraft in recent years. Leslie Gelb’s reflections on power, its effective use, and its limitations are shrewd, trenchant, and refreshingly devoid of either cant or partisanship.”
“Les Gelb, one of America’s most distinguished practitioner-observers of foreign policy, brilliantly explains how a series of administrations weakened our nation’s security, and shows how we can reverse this trend. . . . Power Rules is an indispensable book for the new era.”
“Lively. . . . Power Rules is worth the read. . . . Gelb’s career embodies big and powerful Washington, with all its turf battles, crises, and war stories.”
“Les Gelb tells it like it is: making US foreign policy and using American power are common sense, not rocket science. Incisive and thoroughly compelling, Power Rules is rich in colorful stories as well as in sound advice for our president and our people.”
“Leslie Gelb has as much experience in foreign policy as anyone alive. Unlike most writers in this field, he isn’t afraid to use plain language and say what he means. And he doesn’t mind making powerful enemies.”
“This book is a must-read not just for President Obama, but for anyone who wants to understand how the new administration can improve its odds of strategic success.”
“An excellent primer for those seeking a common-sense approach to foreign policy. . . . Gelb’s informative and well-crafted analysis is filled with rules for wielding power and goals worth striving for globally.”
“Fluent, well-timed, provocative. . . . Gelb’s ruminations are welcome and stimulating. . . . Filled with gritty, shrewd, specific advice on foreign policy ends and means that will be especially useful for a new president and secretary of state without deep experience dealing with the world.”
ISBN: 9780061714566
Author(s): Leslie H. Gelb, PhD
“Fluent, well-timed, provocative. . . . Filled with gritty, shrewd, specific advice on foreign policy ends and means. . . . Gelb’s plea for greater strategic thinking is absolutely right and necessary.” — The New York Times Book Review
“Few Americans know the inner world of American foreign policy—its feuds, follies, and fashions—as well as Leslie H. Gelb. . . . Power Rules builds on that lifetime of experience with power and is a witty and acerbic primer.” — The New York Times
Power Rules is the provocative account of how to think about and use America’s power in the world, from Pulitzer Prize winner Leslie H. Gelb, one of the nation’s leading foreign policy minds and practitioners.
Review(s):
“A smart and lively new book.”
“Few Americans know the inner world of American foreign policy—its feuds, follies, and fashions—as well as Leslie H. Gelb. . . . Power Rules builds on that lifetime of experience with power and is a witty and acerbic primer.”
“Power Rules provides a much-needed antidote to the ideological fevers that have ravaged American statecraft in recent years. Leslie Gelb’s reflections on power, its effective use, and its limitations are shrewd, trenchant, and refreshingly devoid of either cant or partisanship.”
“Les Gelb, one of America’s most distinguished practitioner-observers of foreign policy, brilliantly explains how a series of administrations weakened our nation’s security, and shows how we can reverse this trend. . . . Power Rules is an indispensable book for the new era.”
“Lively. . . . Power Rules is worth the read. . . . Gelb’s career embodies big and powerful Washington, with all its turf battles, crises, and war stories.”
“Les Gelb tells it like it is: making US foreign policy and using American power are common sense, not rocket science. Incisive and thoroughly compelling, Power Rules is rich in colorful stories as well as in sound advice for our president and our people.”
“Leslie Gelb has as much experience in foreign policy as anyone alive. Unlike most writers in this field, he isn’t afraid to use plain language and say what he means. And he doesn’t mind making powerful enemies.”
“This book is a must-read not just for President Obama, but for anyone who wants to understand how the new administration can improve its odds of strategic success.”
“An excellent primer for those seeking a common-sense approach to foreign policy. . . . Gelb’s informative and well-crafted analysis is filled with rules for wielding power and goals worth striving for globally.”
“Fluent, well-timed, provocative. . . . Gelb’s ruminations are welcome and stimulating. . . . Filled with gritty, shrewd, specific advice on foreign policy ends and means that will be especially useful for a new president and secretary of state without deep experience dealing with the world.”
ISBN: 9780061714566