Essays on a Half-Century: Ideas, Policies, and Action

ISBN-13: 9780367006891 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 200 str.

W. W. Rostow

Opis

This survey delineates various aspects of and major issues in international terrorism in 1986, focusing on western states' policies on terrorism and the use of and support for terrorism by Middle Eastern states. It also presents an analysis of trends in Palestinian terrorism.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction: Notes on a Lively Half-Century -- The American Diplomatic Revolution -- Marx Was a City Boy -- The Fallacy of the Fertile Gondolas and a Reply -- The Long Run and the Short Run -- Some Lessons of History for Africa -- The Planning of Foreign Policy -- The Challenge of Democracy in Developing Nations -- The Sharing of the Good Life -- The Anglo-American Situation (1969) -- The Irrelevance of the Relevant -- An Historian Looks at History: 1970 -- The Politics of Arms Control or How to Make Nuclear Weapons Wither Away -- For East and West, Avenues, Not Ruts -- Two Items About LBJ -- Foreign Policy: The President, Congress, and Public Opinion -- What Economic Path for Western Europe? -- Charting a Course Toward 1988