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

Author/creator Hemmer, Christopher
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Descriptionx, 224 pages ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Cornell studies in security affairs
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015015949
ISBN9780801454240 (cloth : alk. paper)

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