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What good is grand strategy? : power and purpose in American statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush / Hal Brands.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.Description: xiii, 273 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780801452468 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780801456732 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.73009/04
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 744 B819w 2014
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 E 744 B819w 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000115435

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.

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