To Promote Peace: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Mid-1980s

by Dennis L. Bark

Overview

Sharing the premise that an adequate, credible defense is the best guarantee of peace, sixteen distinguished foreign policy experts test the chances of peace by examining American foreign policy in To Promote Peace. Writing from the vantage point of the mid-1980s, these contributors approach a broad spectrum of the day's issues, developing fresh ideas and innovative policy approaches at every turn. Their essays—always challenging, clear, and incisive—furnish a realistic blueprint for peace in a world dominated by nuclear fantasies and cutting-edge technologies.

Declaring that the Allies must bear their fair share of NATO's common defense, Melvyn Krauss argues the time has come to begin phasing out U.S. forces in Europe. Pointing out that compromised intelligence has squandered much of our technological advantage, Arnold Beichman demands that top priority be given to the establishment of an effective, sophisticated intelligence network. Showing the effects of détente-inspired build-down of tactical nuclear weapons, H. Joachim Maître explores a variety of weapons systems in achieving true mutual deterrence.

From an analysis of the critical relationship between energy supply and peace to tough and well-reasoned predictions on what the future holds, To Promote Peace is not afraid to spark debate and seek new initiatives and direction. Its assessments consider global issues with more realism, more courage, and more certainty of the necessity of maintaining the United States as a forceful presence throughout the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817979423
Publisher:	Hoover Institution Press
Publication date:	06/11/2021
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dennis L. Bark is an emeritus senior fellow and former associate director at the Hoover Institution. His other publications include Reflections on Europe (1997), and Europeans and Americans Dancing in the Dark (2007).

Table of Contents

Foreword W. Glenn Campbell vii

Acknowledgments xi

Contributors xiii

Introduction Dennis L. Bark xvii

1 Development Without Aid: Aid Without Development Melvyn Krauss 1

2 The Churches, Peace, and Communism Alain Besançon L. H. Gann 25

3 Leadership in Times of Crisis James Bond Stockdale 41

4 Why U.S. Monetary Policy Should Be Internationalized Ronald I. McKinnon 57

5 Energy and Peace Edward Teller 69

6 Post-Collectivist Politics in Europe and Great Britain Gerald A. Dorfman 83

7 Reflections on the Western European Peace Movement L. H. Gann 97

8 It's Time to Change the Atlantic Alliance Melvyn Krauss 115

9 Remaking the Community of the Americas Robert Wesson 129

10 The Pacific Basin Ramon H. Myers 143

11 U.S. Policy in the Middle East: Problems and Prospects George Lenczowski 163

12 Africa: The Struggle Between East and West Peter J. Duignan 183

13 Soviet Foreign Policy Robert Conquest 201

14 Soviet Military Power H. Joachim Maître 215

15 Eastern Europe: Between the Soviet Union and the Western World Milorad M. Drachkovitch 231

16 U.S. Strategic and Arms Control Policy William R. Van Cleave 261

17 The U.S. Intelligence Establishment and Its Discontents Arnold Beichman 285