{"product_id":"force-without-authority-by-jason-brownlee-9780197808634","title":"Force Without Authority","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eForce Without Authority\u003c\/em\u003e explores why the United States' costliest military operations since Vietnam fell short, influencing both Republican and Democratic leaders towards withdrawal and retrenchment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCovering the sweep of US armed interventions since the end of the Cold War, Jason Brownlee sets America's post-9\/11 invasions in a thirty-five-year foreign-policy arc—from caution to bravado—and back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe al-Qaeda attacks suspended America's traditional aversion to high-risk military missions abroad. For the better part of a decade, presidents from both parties committed US troops to nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, by the 2010s, the focus shifted to a less hazardous and less ambitious programme of eliminating enemies from a distance without reshaping politics on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis same calculus pushed successive administrations towards diplomacy with America's most formidable foes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCritical and wide-sweeping, the book delivers a bracing audit of America's unipolar moment and presents a compelling case for statecraft over bluster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934031233260,"sku":"9780197808634","price":402.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e2f70151b6ff6f9d6b48a24c679918b3.jpg?v=1783907085","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/force-without-authority-by-jason-brownlee-9780197808634","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}