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American pendulum : recurring debates in U.S. grand strategy / Christopher Hemmer.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Eng Series: Cornell studies in security affairsPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.Description: x, 224 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780801454240
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.73009/04
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 183.7 H489a 2015
Contents:
Introduction : recurring debates in U.S. grand strategy -- Finding a place on the world stage : from Roosevelt to Roosevelt -- The debates raised by containment in the Truman administration -- Debating the implementation of containment : Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson -- Beyond containment? : Nixon, Ford, and Carter -- The culmination of containment : Reagan's grand strategy and the end of the Cold War -- Grand strategy in the absence of a clear threat : the foreign policy debates of the 1990s -- The rise and fall of the war on terror in U.S. grand strategy -- "Don't do stupid stuff" : grand strategy debates under Obama -- Conclusion : balancing the pendulum? : the past and the future of U.S. 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 183.7 H489a 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000121956

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : recurring debates in U.S. grand strategy -- Finding a place on the world stage : from Roosevelt to Roosevelt -- The debates raised by containment in the Truman administration -- Debating the implementation of containment : Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson -- Beyond containment? : Nixon, Ford, and Carter -- The culmination of containment : Reagan's grand strategy and the end of the Cold War -- Grand strategy in the absence of a clear threat : the foreign policy debates of the 1990s -- The rise and fall of the war on terror in U.S. grand strategy -- "Don't do stupid stuff" : grand strategy debates under Obama -- Conclusion : balancing the pendulum? : the past and the future of U.S. grand strategy.

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