What Good Is Grand Strategy? : : Power and Purpose in American Statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush / / Hal Brands.
Grand strategy is one of the most widely used and abused concepts in the foreign policy lexicon. In this important book, Hal Brands explains why grand strategy is a concept that is so alluring-and so elusive-to those who make American statecraft. He explores what grand strategy is, why it is so esse...
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Brands, Hal, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut What Good Is Grand Strategy? : Power and Purpose in American Statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush / Hal Brands. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (288 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Golden Age Revisited -- Chapter 2. Travails of the Heroic Statesmen -- Chapter 3. Was There A Reagan Grand Strategy? -- Chapter 4. The Dangers of Being Grand -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Grand strategy is one of the most widely used and abused concepts in the foreign policy lexicon. In this important book, Hal Brands explains why grand strategy is a concept that is so alluring-and so elusive-to those who make American statecraft. He explores what grand strategy is, why it is so essential, and why it is so hard to get right amid the turbulence of global affairs and the chaos of domestic politics. At a time when "grand strategy" is very much in vogue, Brands critically appraises just how feasible that endeavor really is.Brands takes a historical approach to this subject, examining how four presidential administrations, from that of Harry S. Truman to that of George W. Bush, sought to "do" grand strategy at key inflection points in the history of modern U.S. foreign policy. As examples ranging from the early Cold War to the Reagan years to the War on Terror demonstrate, grand strategy can be an immensely rewarding undertaking-but also one that is full of potential pitfalls on the long road between conception and implementation. Brands concludes by offering valuable suggestions for how American leaders might approach the challenges of grand strategy in the years to come. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) International Studies. Political Science & Political History. U.S. History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110606744 print 9780801456732 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801470288 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801470288 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801470288/original |
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