Blood on the Doorstep: The Politics of Preventive Action

by Barnett R. Rubin

Book Overview

Throughout the 1990s, U.S. policymakers by and large thought they could insulate the country from the collapse of distant states and the spread of war and disorder in some of the world's poorest regions. The attacks on September 11, 2001, however, showed that dire conditions in seemingly isolated regions could become incubators for violence that hits America directly. This book, based on Barnett R. Rubin 's years of experience as director of the Center...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870784749
• ISBN13: 9780870784743
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Century Foundation Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 8.5"