"Mr. Carpenter's arguments expose the confusion in Washington today."
—Financial Times
"Peace & Freedom is a vital survival guide for the American people in a deadly new world. Ted Galen Carpenter has produced a treasury of wisdom, realism, and common sense unique amid the obsolete bombast of aging cold warriors and do-gooders who have dominated what passes for foreign policy analysis in Washington for far too long. Carpenter's analyses should be must reading for policymakers."
—Martin Sieff, Managing Editor, United Press International
"Peace & Freedom is a powerful and timely appeal for new U.S. foreign and defense policies that would severely cut back obsolete U.S. security commitments and knee-jerk military interventions while expanding economic engagement and diplomatic mediation of global conflicts. This is a trenchant, well-argued, readable antidote to the dangerous, muscle-flexing triumphalism that has dominated the debate in Washington."
—Selig S. Harrison, Director, Asia Program, Center for International Policy
"Peace & Freedom once again shows why Ted Galen Carpenter has become one of America's most important voices on foreign policy issues. His writings consistently display a combination of historical perspective, strategic insight, and plain sense that all too few analysts today can match."
—Alan Tonelson, Research Fellow, U.S. Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation
"Carpenter argues in this fascinating book that the United States is bound to get into serious trouble if it does not abandon its policy of 'promiscuous global interventionism.' The time has come, he convincingly argues, for America to recognize that the Cold War is over and to adopt a foreign policy that reduces its profile abroad and protects its liberties at home."
—John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
"This collection of insightful writings provides background on what 'strategic independence' means for the United States as a superpower that bears many heavy burdens. It is essential reading for Americans who are coping with the post-September 11, 2001, challenges to the U.S. role in world affairs."
—Edward A. Olsen, Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School
