Owls and Eagles

Ending the Foreign Policy Flights of Fancy of Hawks, Doves, and Neo-Cons

Harlan K. Ullman

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2005
• eBook ISBN: 9781461611622
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Leading national security strategist Harlan K. Ullman is well known for his aggressive, no nonsense approach to U.S. foreign policy. By his own description, he demands a smarter, realistic policy, one that is "informed by fact and reason and not ideology and tough when it must be." The time span of the author's columns, largely for the Washington Times , reprinted in this book is no coincidence. Owls and Eagles begins with the onset of the controversial U.S.-led war in Iraq in March 2003 and ends twenty months later, shortly after President George W. Bush's reelection. What overly ambitious, under informed goals inspired the U.S. to launch the preemptive war? What were the domestic and electoral factors that led to the president's decision? And, perhaps most importantly, what are the consequences of the unilateral war to the standing of the United States in the global community and to the legacy of George W. Bush? These are the provocative questions contemplated in this important book. In the end, the author has achieved his goal of "informing the public and provoking them to think and to question how well or badly our nation was faring in the fight to keep us safe and secure."

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 Reshaping America’s Destiny: The Legacy of George W. Bush (March 21, 2003)
• 2 The Second Salvo (March 21, 2003)
• 3 Conflicts of War (March 22, 2003)
• 4 Dear Leader (March 24, 2003)
• 5 War Watchers Guide (March 25, 2003)
• 6 The First Week (March 26, 2003)
• 7 A Peaceful Nation (March 27, 2003)
• 8 Reversal of Strategy (March 27, 2003)
• 9 Not Yet Shocked or Awed (March 28, 2003)
• 10 Future Ghosts? (March 28, 2003)
• 11 A War of Three Duels (March 30, 2003)
• 12 Other Wars (April 2, 2003)
• 13 Baghdad Bound (April 5, 2003)
• 14 Check Your Six, Mr. Bush (April 30, 2003)
• 15 Noble Aims, Suspect Judgment (May 14, 2003)
• 16 Hire an Admiral (June 11, 2003)
• 17 Intentions Gone Awry (June 25, 2003)
• 18 Transforming NATO/OTAN (July 10, 2003)
• 19 Season of Discontent (July 11, 2003)
• 20 There’s Something About Newt (July 15, 2003)
• 21 Rebuilding Iraq: A Surprising Challenge for Japan! (July 18, 2003)
• 22 The Dreaded ‘V’ Word (July 25, 2003)
• 23 Troubled Times in Asia (August 6, 2003)
• 24 No More Duct Tape Please (August 20, 2003)
• 25 Another Blair Witch Project (September 3, 2003)
• 26 Political Storms and Turbulence Lie Ahead (September 17, 2003)
• 27 The NATO Response Force (October 15, 2003)
• 28 How to Win in Iraq (October 29, 2003)
• 29 The Gift of Freedom (November 12, 2003)
• 30 The Aftermath of September 11 (November 26, 2003)
• 31 Christmas for Policy Ghosts (December 24, 2003)
• 32 Assessing the War (January 7, 2004)
• 33 2004: Peace, Peril or Probably Unpredictable? (January 14, 2004)
• 34 Foreign Policy Counts (January 21, 2004)
• 35 From Prague to Prague (February 4, 2004)
• 36 America’s Failure: Intelligence or Judgment? (February 14, 2004)
• 37 Judgment Calls (February 18, 2004)
• 38 America in Wonderland? (March 3, 2004)
• 39 Iraqi Retrospective: Winning, Losing or Staying Afloat? (March 15, 2004)
• 40 From Chaos to Destruction (March 17, 2004)
• 41 Do Ask, Do Tell (March 31, 2004)
• 42 April Fool’s or the Cruelest Month—What Lies Ahead? (April 8, 2004)
• 43 Phony War No More (April 14, 2004)
• 44 Is it Over, “Over There”? (April 28, 2004)
• 45 A Big Idea for Japan (May 8, 2004)
• 46 The Art of the Possible (May 12, 2004)
• 47 Quandary in Iraq (May 26, 2004)
• 48 Last Crusades and Last Heroes? (June 9, 2004)
• 49 A Gathering Storm (June 23, 2004)
• 50 Three Presidential Ideas (July 7, 2004)
• 51 A Dangerous World? (July 21, 2004)
• 52 Blind, Deaf and Dumb (August 4, 2004)
• 53 The Russo-Japanese War a Century Later—Some Useful History (August 15, 2004)
• 54 Vietnam Ghosts—Part II (August 24, 2004)
• 55 Magic or Malevolent Dragon? (October 13, 2004)
• 56 Dear Mr. President (October 27, 2004)
• 57 No Good Choices (November 10, 2004)
• 58 Finishing Business: Ten Steps to Win the Global War On Terror (November 15, 2004)
• 59 Titanic Problems Ahead (November 24, 2004)
• Index
• About the Author