University of Kabianga

What good is grand strategy? :

Brands, Hal, 1983-

What good is grand strategy? : power and purpose in American statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush / Hal Brands. - xiii, 273 pages ; 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.

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United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--21st century

E744 / .B6975 2014