Leslie H. Gelb (1937–2019)
Autor von The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked
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Leslie H. Gelb is President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former columnist at The New York Times, where he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism. Gelb has worked as a senior official in the State and Defense departments. He lives in New York City.
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- Gelb, Leslie Howard
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- 1937-03-04
- Todestag
- 2019-08-31
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- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
- Sterbeort
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
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- Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Tufts University (BA)
New Rochelle High School - Berufe
- diplomat
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- The New York Times
Council on Foreign Relations (Director, 1993-2003) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- American Father of the Year (1993)
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"Gelb thinks that American leaders have misunderstood American power, which is really about "psychological and political pressure," not just military force. He channels Machiavelli and offers President Obama -- our "elected prince" -- rules for wielding power, as well as tips on Pakistan and Afghanistan. Politicians must avoid the three demons of foreign policy: ideology, domestic politics and the arrogance of power. Finally, the world is not flat; global power is a pyramid, with the United States atop other countries clustered in order of decreasing influence. The way to deploy power is to build coalitions with key second-tier nations, because these days, Washington can still lead the world, but it can't run the place alone. This underpins Gelb's grand new principle, compulsory in every such book: Mutual Indispensability."… (mehr)