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 Author Page - JOHN MUELLER
Recent Foreign Affairs articles: 4 documents found; displaying 1 to 4.Is There Still a Terrorist Threat?: The Myth of the Omnipresent Enemy John Mueller September/October 2006 Summary: Despite all the ominous warnings of wily terrorists and imminent attacks, there has been neither a successful strike nor a close call in the United States since 9/11. The reasonable -- but rarely heard -- explanation is that there are no terrorists within the United States, and few have the means or the inclination to strike from abroad. read | click for more information
John Mueller November/December 2005 Summary: Public support for the war in Iraq has followed the same course as it did for the wars in Korea and Vietnam: broad enthusiasm at the outset with erosion of support as casualties mount. The experience of those past wars suggests that there is nothing President Bush can do to reverse this deterioration -- or to stave off an "Iraq syndrome" that could inhibit U.S. foreign policy for decades to come. read | click for more information
Christopher Gelpi and John Mueller January/February 2006 Summary: read
John Mueller and Karl Mueller May/June 1999 Summary: As Cold War threats have diminished, so-called weapons of mass destruction -- nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and ballistic missiles -- have become the new international bugbears. The irony is that the harm caused by these weapons pales in comparison to the havoc wreaked by a much more popular tool: economic sanctions. Tally up the casualties caused by rogue states, terrorists, and unconventional weapons, and the number is surprisingly small. The same cannot be said for deaths inflicted by international sanctions. The math is sobering and should lead the United States to reconsider its current policy of strangling Iraq. read 500-word preview | purchase full article
Recent books reviewed in Foreign Affairs: 2 documents found; displaying 1 to 2.Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them.John Mueller. Free Press, 2006. January/February 2007 read
Quiet Cataclysm: Reflections on the Recent Transformation of World Politics.John Mueller. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. July/August 1995 read
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