TY - BOOK AU - Halper, Stefan A. AU - Clarke, Jonathan, TI - The silence of the rational center: why American foreign policy is failing SN - 9780465011 AV - JZ1480 .H34 2007 U1 - 327.73 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - 2001- KW - United States KW - Foreign relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-291) and index; The big idea in history -- Three institutional failures -- Cable news : accelerating the big idea -- Think tanks -- An unreliable elite -- Elites and the use of force -- Insurgency -- The intelligence dilemma -- The acid test -- A return to rationality UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2006032291-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2006032291-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006032291.html ER -