Reluctant crusaders power, culture, and change in American grand strategy

In Reluctant Crusaders, Colin Dueck examines patterns of change and continuity in American foreign policy strategy by looking at four major turning points: the periods following World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He shows how American cultural assumptions regard...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dueck, Colin, 1969- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press c2006.
Edición:Course Book
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Change and Continuity in American Grand Strategy
  • Chapter 1. Power, Culture, and Grand Strategy
  • Chapter 2. Strategic Culture and Strategic Adjustment in the United States
  • Chapter 3. The Lost Alliance: Ideas and Alternatives in American Grand Strategy, 1918-1921
  • Chapter 4. Conceiving Containment: Ideas and Alternatives in American Grand Strategy, 1945-1951
  • Chapter 5. Hegemony on the Cheap: Ideas and Alternatives in American Grand Strategy, 1992-2000
  • Conclusion. The American Strategic Dilemma
  • Notes
  • Index