What good is grand strategy? : power and purpose in American statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush /
Brands, Hal, 1983-
What good is grand strategy? : power and purpose in American statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush / Hal Brands. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014. - xiii, 273 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-259) and index.
Introduction : the meaning and challenge of grand strategy -- The golden age revisited : the Truman administration and the evolution of containment -- Travails of the heroic statesmen : grand strategy in the Nixon-Kissinger years -- American statecraft in the late Cold War : was there a Reagan grand strategy? -- The dangers of being grand : George W. Bush and the post-9/11 era -- Conclusion : grappling with grand strategy.
9780801452468 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801456732 (pbk.)
2013027816
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--21st century
Estados Unidos--Relaciones exteriores--Siglo XX.
Estados Unidos--Relaciones exteriores--Siglo XXI.
002 E 744 / B819w 2014
327.73009/04
What good is grand strategy? : power and purpose in American statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush / Hal Brands. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014. - xiii, 273 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-259) and index.
Introduction : the meaning and challenge of grand strategy -- The golden age revisited : the Truman administration and the evolution of containment -- Travails of the heroic statesmen : grand strategy in the Nixon-Kissinger years -- American statecraft in the late Cold War : was there a Reagan grand strategy? -- The dangers of being grand : George W. Bush and the post-9/11 era -- Conclusion : grappling with grand strategy.
9780801452468 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801456732 (pbk.)
2013027816
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--21st century
Estados Unidos--Relaciones exteriores--Siglo XX.
Estados Unidos--Relaciones exteriores--Siglo XXI.
002 E 744 / B819w 2014
327.73009/04