Instruments and Institutions of American Purpose

Download or read book Instruments and Institutions of American Purpose written by Robert Gallucci and published by Aspen Institute. This book was released on 2009 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From August 3-8, 2008, the Aspen Strategy Group gathered in Aspen, Colorado to assess the instruments and institutions of American power and purpose. Aspen Strategy Group members, government officials, academics, and journalists formed a bipartisan group of foreign policy and national security practitioners from a wide range of government agencies. This publication is a collection of the fifteen papers that were used to guide their discussions during the course of the conference, along with a scene setter and concluding observations."--The Acknowledgments