Mira Rapp-Hooper is Director for Indo-Pacific Strategy at the National Security Council, The White House.
A learned rationale and blueprint for that reinvigoration of
alliances. Rapp-Hooper takes on directly and convincingly the
Trumpian critique that alliances are not worth the investment and
have led the nation to fight other people’s battles for them…Her
deep erudition, crisp prose style, and innate brilliance shine
through on most every page.
*Boston Review*
Despite enduring support among the U.S. public for the alliance
system, President Donald Trump seems determined to upend it, as
Mira Rapp-Hooper observes in her astute new book defending U.S.
alliances…The threat of COVID-19 has bolstered her argument, making
plain both the importance of the alliance system and the imperative
to adapt alliances to new ends.
*Foreign Policy*
Rapp-Hooper argues persuasively that the complex alliance system
instituted after the devastation of World War II has proven
remarkably successful…With Donald Trump's active animosity toward
our traditional allies, the author cautions about a glaring blind
spot: rising nonmilitary coercion from China and Russia.
*Kirkus Reviews*
For seventy years, alliances have been central to American foreign
policy. Where did they come from and where are they going? Mira
Rapp-Hooper gives smart answers to both the historical and future
questions about our alliances.
*Joseph S. Nye, Jr., author of Do Morals Matter? Presidents and
Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump*
Shields of the Republic will stand as the definitive study of US
alliances, filling a scholarly gap at a time when America cannot
afford to go it alone in an increasingly dangerous world.
*Michael J. Green, former Senior Director for Asia, National
Security Council*
The precarity of America’s alliances is one of the central
political issues confronting the United States today. Mira
Rapp-Hooper has delivered the essential guide for understanding
these complex partnerships. This is a masterful exposition of how
alliances can both extend and restrain American power in these
transformative times.
*Kurt Campbell, cofounder and CEO of The Asia Group and former
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific
Affairs*
Shields of the Republic is a must-read—an invaluable resource for
exploring timely and thorny questions about the role of alliances
in American foreign policy.
*Elizabeth N. Saunders, author of Leaders at War: How Presidents
Shape Military Interventions*
Rapp-Hooper musters rock-solid evidence to demonstrate what
policymakers have long believed: that America’s alliances are a
remarkably effective foreign policy tool. Just as importantly, she
gives an unambiguous account of why this system must be preserved
and lays out a compelling plan for how to do so.
*Stephen Hadley, Principal at RiceHadleyGates and former National
Security Advisor*
[A] perceptive look at America’s alliance system since World War
II…Rapp-Hooper aims to counter the ignorant America First narrative
by proving the value of alliances to the United States itself…She
shows that defensive pacts served their intended objectives. The
alliances, most importantly, also put American security first. Not
only did they provide an adequate bang for a well-invested buck,
but without them, America’s safety would have been at grave
risk.
*E-International Relations*
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