On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> At 09:09 AM 6/15/01 +1000 Russell Chapman wrote:
> > Mind you, they
> >generally advocate a heavier US involvement in world affairs than JDG.
>
> Now this I find hard to believe.
>
> AFAIK, I am at the far extreme of US internationalists. In
> particular, I have advocated a Marshall Plan for Eastern Europe and
> Africa. I think that the US Foreign Aid budget is embarassingly low,
> as well as our lack of a coherent Global Development Foreign Policy
> Strategy. I have often contemplated the firing up of the UN
> Trusteeship Council to deal with failed African States. I have lately
> begun to more fully appreciate the signifigance of the "Clinton
> Doctrine", and think that NATO (and by extension, the US Army) should
> re-invent itself to make more of a rapid-reaction force, capable of
> performing emergency peace-keeping/peace-making missions authorized by
> the UN Security Council (and occasionally, a few that are not
> authorized, if needbe.)
>
> I mean, how much more internationist than that could Tom Clancy
> possibly be.
Well, start reading some Clancy and find out. I think the later books are
a little more internationalist than the earlier ones. But I'd recommend
you read them in the order in which they were written. I'm not sure how
much you'll like _Without Remorse_, but if you're going to read the rest,
you ought to read that one.
You can probably find used paperback copies of most of them, if not all
but the one that just came out recently in hardcover.
Julia
