Synopses & Reviews
Review
"No former senior statesmen have acknowledged that new knowledge compelled them to reassess cherished political views. McNamara, who served as defense secretary and president of the World Bank, stands alone in espousing a visionary outlook for American foreign policy. In analyzing the Cold War era, change in the USSR, as well as the increasingly influential developing world, McNamara identifies opportunities and calls for seizing complex challenges. He concludes that a new system, based on collective security founded on the rule of law, should govern relations among states in the next century. Sobering reading." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)