America Alone: The Neo-Conservatives and the Global Order

Americas immense military power is of concern to all. Used wisely, it can preserve freedom; used unwisely, it will fracture global stability. This book argue that so long as neo-conservative radicals dominate the nations national security process fracture is more likely, resulting in Americans witnessing increasing threats. America Alone identifies clearly, and for the first time, who these people are and what their agenda is, setting out an alternative approach based on a return to the mainstream principles that have successfully guided American diplomacy for half a century.

America's immense military power is of concern to all. Used wisely, it can preserve freedom; used unwisely, it will fracture global stability. This book argue that so long as neo-conservative radicals dominate the nation's national security process fracture is more likely, resulting in Americans witnessing increasing threats. America Alone identifies clearly, and for the first time, who these people are and what their agenda is, setting out an alternative approach based on a return to the mainstream principles that have successfully guided American diplomacy for half a century.

Used wisely, America's immense military power can preserve freedom but used unwisely, it can fracture global stability. Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke argue, that as long as neo-conservative radicals dominate the nation's national security process, fracture is more likely. Assuming Americans will see increasing threats in the future, this book is important because it identifies the factions and agendas involved. It advocates an alternative approach based on a return to the mainstream principles that have successfully guided American diplomacy for half a century. years.

Examines the neo-conservative movement in the U.S. and discovers cautions against it.

Stefan Halper is a Fellow of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, and a Senior Fellow of the Centre of International Studies, where he directs the Donner Atlantic Studies Programme. He holds a B.A. from Stanford and doctorates from Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He was a White House and State Department official during the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations. For twelve years he was executive editor and host of the weekly radio program This Week from Washington and then was executive editor and host of WorldWise, a weekly television program on foreign affairs. He has made contributions to numerous print media including the American Spectator, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Dallas Morning News, The International Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, National Interest, National Review, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Washington Times, and Weekly Standard. Dr Halper is senior editor at the Cambridge Review of International Affairs and a Contributing Editor at the American Spectator. He is the co-editor of Latin America: The Dynamics of Social Change.Jonathan Clarke is a Foreign Affairs Scholar at the CATO Institute in Washington, D.C. He received a B.A. and an M.A. from Oxford University and has also been a Counselor, British Diplomatic Service, with assignments in Germany, Zimbabwe and the United States. He is the author of After the Crusade: American Foreign Policy for the Post-Superpower Age and has made numerous contributions to various forms of print media, including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Los Angeles Times, National Interest, Orbis, and the Washington Post.

1. The neo-conservatives: a new political interest group; 2. Origins and early development; 3. The nineties: from near-death to resurrection; 4. The neo-conservative association; 5. The false history; 6. Outreach to the media and evangelicals; 7. Iraq: the false pretenses; 8. America: perception and counter perception; 9. The neo-conservative 'World War IV' and its impact on American society; 10. The balance sheet and looking ahead; Appendix.