Book Event in DC:  The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free by Chris Preble

You are cordially invited to a discussion with
Christopher A. Preble
Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute and author of
The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance
Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 • 12:30 - 1:30pm
An overwhelming majority of Americans want to reduce our military
presence abroad, allowing our allies and other nations to assume
greater responsibility both for their own defense and for enforcing
security in their respective regions. Christopher Preble, author of the
new book The Power Problem, agrees and asserts that the foreign policy
experts who disdain the public’s perspective are wrong. He documents
how the possession of vast military strength runs contrary to the original
intent of the Founders, and has, as they feared, shifted the balance of
power away from individual citizens and toward the central
government, and from the legislative and judicial branches of
government to the executive.
“Here is a book that Dwight D. Eisenhower would have greatly admired.
Like Ike, Christopher Preble has a keen appreciation for the limits of military
power, for the consequences of its misuse, and for the dangers of militarization.”
— Andrew Bacevich, author, The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Hear the Cato Institute’s Christopher Preble on “The Power Problem”
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 • 12:30 - 1:30pm • light refreshments served
722 12th Street, NW (across from Marriott, Metro Center) 6th Floor Conference Room
RSVP with name, affiliation, and contact information by July 13th to ...
rsvp@acdalliance.org [1] or call Michael Ostrolenk: 301-717-0599
Media inquires to: Peter Gemma: petergemma@mac.com [2] or call: 941-244-0375
“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” — Ronald Reagan