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Purpose and power : US grand strategy from the revolutionary era to the present / Donald Stoker, National Defense University, Washington, DC.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024Description: xi, 859 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781009257275 (hardback)
  • 1009257277 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355/.033573
LOC classification:
  • UA 23 S874p 2024
Contents:
Thinking about grand strategy in Peace and war -- The fight for sovereignty, 1775-1801 -- Expansion, sovereignty, and war, 1801-1817 -- Seeking a continent : expansion, Indian removal, and the Mexican War, 1817-1849 -- Schism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1849-1877 -- Conquering a continent : the Indian wars, 1865-1897 -- American empire, 1897-1913 -- Stepping on the global stage, 1913-1921 -- The interwar interlude, 1921-1939 -- Moving astride the world : the Second World War, 1939-1945 -- The hot peace and the Korean War, 1945-1953 -- The hot peace : the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Years, 1953-1969 -- The Vietnam War, 1961-1969 -- Détente and defeat : Nixon, Ford, and Vietnam, 1969-1977 -- For want of a vision : the Carter Years, 1977-1981 -- Winning the hot peace : Reagan's great power competition, 1981-1990 -- The Gulf War, or first Iraq War, 1990-1991 -- The new world disorder : Bush and Clinton, 1991-2001 -- Wilsonian revolutionaries : Bush and War, 2001-2009 -- Retrenchment, engagement, and war : the Obama Years, 2009-2017 -- Retrenchment, engagement, and weakness : Trump and Biden, 2017-2022.
Summary: "A work examining the purposes for which American power has been used in peace and in war. It explores each administration and every U.S. war by focusing on the uses of diplomatic, informational, military, and economic power at home and abroad"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) UA 23 S874p 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000191978

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking about grand strategy in Peace and war -- The fight for sovereignty, 1775-1801 -- Expansion, sovereignty, and war, 1801-1817 -- Seeking a continent : expansion, Indian removal, and the Mexican War, 1817-1849 -- Schism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1849-1877 -- Conquering a continent : the Indian wars, 1865-1897 -- American empire, 1897-1913 -- Stepping on the global stage, 1913-1921 -- The interwar interlude, 1921-1939 -- Moving astride the world : the Second World War, 1939-1945 -- The hot peace and the Korean War, 1945-1953 -- The hot peace : the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Years, 1953-1969 -- The Vietnam War, 1961-1969 -- Détente and defeat : Nixon, Ford, and Vietnam, 1969-1977 -- For want of a vision : the Carter Years, 1977-1981 -- Winning the hot peace : Reagan's great power competition, 1981-1990 -- The Gulf War, or first Iraq War, 1990-1991 -- The new world disorder : Bush and Clinton, 1991-2001 -- Wilsonian revolutionaries : Bush and War, 2001-2009 -- Retrenchment, engagement, and war : the Obama Years, 2009-2017 -- Retrenchment, engagement, and weakness : Trump and Biden, 2017-2022.

"A work examining the purposes for which American power has been used in peace and in war. It explores each administration and every U.S. war by focusing on the uses of diplomatic, informational, military, and economic power at home and abroad"-- Provided by publisher.

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