Power Rules

From one of the nation's leading foreign-policy minds comes a provocative new account of how to think about — and use — America's power in the twenty-first century.Inspired by Machiavelli's classic The Prince, Leslie H. Gelb offers illuminating guidelines on how American power actually works and should be wielded in today's tumultuous world, writing with the perspective of four decades of extraordinary access and influence in government, think tanks, and journalism. He argues that Washington risks losing the essential lifeblood of its national security — its power — unless American leaders…