Derek Leebaert, Author . Little, Brown $29.95 (750p) ISBN 978-0-316-51847-5
Leebaert, a founding editor of the journal International Security and lecturer in government at Georgetown, recalls how Paul Nitze, a long-time Cold Warrior, said at the turn of the 21st century that "we did a goddamn good job" with the Cold
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Derek Leebaert, Author . Little, Brown $29.95 (673p) ISBN 978-0-316-14384-4
In this monumental critical analysis of the 3,000-year history of special operations, Leebaert proves that "[a]n opponent's strength does not consist of numbers only or plain superiority of weapons." Since the Trojan horse felled TroyR
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Derek Leebaert, Simon & Schuster, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4391-2569-4
Washington's "magical thinking" reliably leads the U.S. into catastrophe, argues this unsparing indictment of American foreign policy. Georgetown foreign relations professor Leebaert (To Dare and to Conquer) analyzes the follies and failures of "emer
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Derek Leebaert. St. Martin’s, $32.50 (496p) ISBN 978-1-250-27469-4
Franklin Roosevelt came to the White House backed by a coterie of loyal and talented advisers who played critical roles in navigating the Great Depression and WWII, according to this laudatory group biography from historian Leebaert (Grand...
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