The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force by Eliot A. Cohen

The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force

Eliot A. Cohen

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
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"Speak softly and carry a big stick" Theodore Roosevelt famously said in 1901, when the United States was emerging as a great power. It was the right sentiment, perhaps, in an age of imperial rivalry but today many Americans doubt the utility of t...

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