{"product_id":"our-own-worst-enemy-paperback-2","title":"Our Own Worst Enemy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIm Destler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeslile H. Ge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree former government officials rethink the foreign policy decisions of America's leaders as they detail their failures and inadequacies and propose effective new moves the nation could make to self-correct.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors of \u003ci\u003eOur Own Worst Enemy, \u003c\/i\u003eeach of which have held high positions in the State Department and Pentagon, argue that for more than 20 years the United States has been experiencing a nervous breakdown concerning the making of foreign policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs foreign policy continuously becomes more partisan and ideological, and each president disavows his predecessor as he starts anew, the authors describe how America has watched its leaders repeatedly trap themselves in foreign policy debacles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithin the pages of this book, I.M. Destler, Leslie H. Gelb, and Anthony Lake propose clear and effective measures by which America may extricate itself from the political quagmire it is repeatedly placed in.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eI.M. Destler is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Economics in Washington. He was formerly Staff Associate to the President's Task Force on Government Organization and was a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePresidents, Bureaucrats, and Foreign Policy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMaking Foreign Economic Policy.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeslie H. Gelb is the National Security Correspondent of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He has served as Director of Politico-Military Affairs at the Department of State and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning and Arms Control. He was a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Brookings Institution. His book, \u003ci\u003eThe Irony of Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 1980 Woodrow Wilson Award for the best book published on government, politics, or international affairs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAntony Lake is a Five College Professor in International Relations at Mount Holyoke College. He has been Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department and a member of the National Security Council staff. He served in Vietnam and Washington as a Foreign Service Officer. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe \"Tar Baby\" Option: American Policy Toward Southern Rhodesia.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344365838643,"sku":"9781476791876","price":30.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6181HqIqwY9781476791876.webp?v=1778725218","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/our-own-worst-enemy-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}