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Bending History
Brookings Institution Press 2012; US$ 29.95By the time of Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th president of the United States, he had already developed an ambitious foreign policy vision. By his own account, he sought to bend the arc of history toward greater justice, freedom, and peace; within a year he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, largely for that promise. In Bending History... more...
Healing the Wounded Giant
Brookings Institution Press 2013; US$ 19.95President Barack Obama survived a tenuous economy and a toxic political environment to win re-election in 2012, but the bitter partisan divide in Washington survived as well. So did the country's huge fiscal deficit. in this, the latest in a long line of Brookings Institution analyses of the defense budget, Michael O'Hanlon considers how best to balance... more...
Defense Strategy for the Post-Saddam Era
Brookings Institution Press 2004; US$ 19.95Offers policy recommendations for strengthening the ability of America's military to respond to international crises in a tumultuous world. more...
Neither Starwars nor Sanctuary
Brookings Institution Press 2004; US$ 19.95Space has been militarized for over four decades. Should it now be weaponized? This incisive and insightful book argues that it should not. Since the cold war, space has come to harbor many tools of the tactical warfighter. Satellites have long been used to provide strategic communication, early warning of missile launch, and arms control verification.... more...
The Science of War
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 22.95The U.S. military is one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world. How it spends its money, chooses tactics, and allocates its resources have enormous implications for national defense and the economy. The Science of War is the only comprehensive textbook on how to analyze and understand these and other essential problems in modern... more...
A Skeptic's Case for Nuclear Disarmament
Brookings Institution Press 2010; US$ 26.95Is it realistic or even wise to envision a world without nuclear weapons? More and more people seem to think so. Barack Obama is himself on board, having declared Americas commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. But that is easier said than done. Michael OHanlon puts his own indelible stamp... more...
Opportunity 08
Brookings Institution Press 2007; US$ 22.95American voters say they want to hear more about the issues and less about partisan politics. An unusually wide-open presidential race presents a unique opening for frank discussion and innovative solutions to pressing policy challenges. Opportunity 08 takes advantage of this political space to help presidential candidates, political observers, and... more...
The Future of Arms Control
Brookings Institution Press 2005; US$ 20.95Argues that neither the left nor the right has a correct view of the proper utility of arms control in the age of terror. more...
Toughing It Out in Afghanistan
Brookings Institution Press 2010; US$ 22.95Is Afghanistan another Vietnam, a quagmire that the United States should escape as soon as possible? Or is it a crucial war than can and must be won? The authors acknowledge current difficulties in Afghanistan but also explicate how the war-torn country can emerge as a stable sovereign nation, free from the yoke of the Taliban and al Qaeda. more...
The Opportunity
Brookings Institution Press 2012; US$ 24.95For some observers, nuclear arms control is either a relic of the cold war, or a utopian dream about a denuclearized planet decades in the future. But, as Brookings scholars Steven Pifer and Michael O'Hanlon argue in The Opportunity , arms control can address some key security challenges facing Washington today and enhance both American and global... more...
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