Deploying Ourselves: Islamist Violence, Globalization, and the Responsible Projection of U.S. Force [Paperback]

In Deploying Ourselves, David A. Westbrook puts the case for major reform of US national security. He argues that today's national security establishment is outdated and entrenched in a model of defence more befitting the post-World War II Cold War era than today's realities. In a world without military peers, Westbrook argues, the US must re-create its institutions in order to wield influence globally, based on co-operation with other states and groups. Deploying Ourselves includes specific proposals to make US national security institutions more democratically accountable.Using a historical approach, puts the case for major reform of US national security institutions to make them more democratically accountable.Excellent. . . . Westbrook is refreshingly direct and realistic. He cuts through so much of the cant surrounding the global war on terror.
Andrew Bacevich, Professor of History and International Relations at Boston University and author of The Limits of Power

Highly readable. Deploying Ourselves builds a persuasive case for extending the classical political framework for the legitimate use of military force to the global polity, leading to sound advice for conducting the war against terrorists. It should be read by concerned citizens as well as responsible government officials.
Lt. General (USA, Ret.) Robert G. Gard, Jr., PhD

This thought-provoking book reflects on the need to re-examine security policy in an increasingly interdependent world, where threats to peace have taken new and ever more dangerous forms. Westbrook offers practical suggestions for a security policy that is smarter about politics in the classical sense of ordering our lives together. Deploying Ourselves is a timely, important work that deserves to be widely discussed.
Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See

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