Research Catalog

Title

Financing America's leadership : protecting American interests and promoting American values : report of an independent task force / sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations ; Mickey Edwards and Stephen J. Solarz, co-chairmen ; Morton H. Halperin, Lawrence J. Korb, and Richard M. Moose, project directors.

Publication

New York, NY : Council on Foreign Relations, c1997.

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Additional Authors

• Edwards, Mickey, 1937-
• Solarz, Stephen J.
• Halperin, Morton H.
• Korb, Lawrence J., 1939-
• Moose, Richard M.
• Council on Foreign Relations.
• Brookings Institution.

Description

ix, 111 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

Relative to the average of the 1980's, U.S. government spending on international affairs has fallen nearly 20 percent in real terms and will decline by as much as another 30 percent under budget-balancing plans proposed by the president and Congress. An Independent Task Force convened by the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations was asked to assess the consequences of this trend and to make appropriate recommendations. In its Statement, the Task Force concludes that the cuts adversely affect the ability of the United States to protect and promote its economic, diplomatic, and strategic agendas abroad. Unless the trend is reversed, American vital interests will be jeopardized.

Series Statement

Task force report

Uniform Title

Task force report (Council on Foreign Relations)

Subject

• Government spending policy > United States
• United States > Foreign relations > 1993-2001

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0876092008

OCLC

37140419

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library