{"product_id":"avoiding-trivia-the-role-of-strategic-planning-in-american-foreign-policy-9780815703068","title":"Avoiding Trivia: The Role of Strategic Planning in American Foreign Policy","description":"\" \u003cp\u003eAfter World War II, George Kennan became the State Department's first director of policy planning. Secretary of State George Marshall's initial advice to Kennan: above all, \"\"avoid trivia.\"\" Concentrate on the forest, not the trees, and don't lost sight of the big picture. Easier said than done. \u003ci\u003eAvoiding Trivia\u003c\/i\u003e critically assesses the past, future, and future role and impact of long-term strategic planning in foreign policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategic planning needs to be a more integral part of America's foreign policymaking. Thousands of troops are engaged in combat while homeland security concerns remain. In such an environment, long-term coordination of goals and resources would seem to be of paramount importance. But history tells us that such cohesiveness and coherence are tremendously difficult to establish, much less maintain. Can policy planners--in the Pentagon, the State Department, Treasury, NSC, and National Intelligence Council--rise to the challenge? Indeed, is strategic planning a viable concept in 21st century foreign policy? These crucial questions guide this eye-opening book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributors include key figures from the past few decades of foreign policy and planning--individuals responsible for imposing some sort of order and strategic priority on foreign policy in a world that changes by the minute. They provide authoritative insight on the difficulties and importance of thinking and acting in a coherent way, for the long term.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors: Andrew P. N. Erdmann, Peter Feaver, Aaron L. Friedberg, David F. Gordon, Richard N. Haass, William Inboden, Bruce W. Jentleson, Steven D. Krasner, Jeffrey W. Legro, Daniel Twining, Thomas Wright, Amy B. Zegart.\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel W. Drezner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brookings Institution Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815703068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDaniel Drezner\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of international politics at Tufts University. His previous books inlcude \u003ci\u003eAll Politics is Global: Explaining International Regulatory Regimes\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton, 2007) and \u003ci\u003e The Sanctions Paradox \u003c\/i\u003e(Cambridge, 1999). He is also the author of a popular blog on politics and foreign policy (drezner.foreignpolicy.com). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brookings Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40779926372467,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":48.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_bfa9a9c7-1fdf-4483-8dbe-6d1538827ff6.jpg?v=1680618509","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/avoiding-trivia-the-role-of-strategic-planning-in-american-foreign-policy-9780815703068","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}