Crossing the full span of the nation's history, Donald Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes for and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation's pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad.
Crossing the full span of the nation's history, Donald Stoker challenges our understanding of the purposes for and uses of American power. From the struggle for independence to renewed competition with China and Russia, he reveals the grand strategies underpinning the nation's pursuit of sovereignty, security, expansion, and democracy abroad.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Donald Stoker is Professor of National Security and Resource Strategy at the National Defense University's Dwight D. Eisenhower School in Washington, DC. He is the author or editor of thirteen books, including The Grand Design: Strategy and the US Civil War, 1861-1865 (2010), winner of the Fletcher Pratt award, and Why America Loses Wars: Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present (2022).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures; Abbreviations; Thinking about grand strategy in peace and war; Part I. From Backwater To Great Power: 1. The fight for sovereignty 1775-1801; 2. Expansion sovereignty and war 1801-1817; 3. Seeking a continent: expansion Indian removal and the Mexican War 1817-1849; 4. Schism civil war and reconstruction 1849-1877; 5. Conquering a continent: the Indian Wars 1865-1897; 6. American empire 1897-1913; Part II. From Great Power to Superpower: 7. Stepping on the global stage 1913-1921; 8. The interwar interlude 1921-1939; 9. Moving astride the world: the Second World War 1939-1945; 10. The hot peace and the Korean War 1945-1953; 11. The hot peace: the Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson years 1953-1969; 12. The Vietnam War 1961-1969; 13. Détente and defeat: Nixon Ford and Vietnam 1969-1977; 14. For want of a vision: the Carter years 1977-1981; 15. Winning the hot peace: Reagan's great power competition 1981-1990; Part III. The Post Cold War World: 16. The Gulf War or First Iraq War 1990-1991; 17. The new world disorder: Bush and Clinton 1991-2001; 18. Wilsonian revolutionaries: Bush and war 2001-2009; Part IV. Retreat and Defeat: 19. Retrenchment engagement and war: the Obama years 2009-2017; 20. Retrenchment engagement and weakness: Trump and Biden 2017-2022; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index.
List of Figures; Abbreviations; Thinking about grand strategy in peace and war; Part I. From Backwater To Great Power: 1. The fight for sovereignty 1775-1801; 2. Expansion sovereignty and war 1801-1817; 3. Seeking a continent: expansion Indian removal and the Mexican War 1817-1849; 4. Schism civil war and reconstruction 1849-1877; 5. Conquering a continent: the Indian Wars 1865-1897; 6. American empire 1897-1913; Part II. From Great Power to Superpower: 7. Stepping on the global stage 1913-1921; 8. The interwar interlude 1921-1939; 9. Moving astride the world: the Second World War 1939-1945; 10. The hot peace and the Korean War 1945-1953; 11. The hot peace: the Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson years 1953-1969; 12. The Vietnam War 1961-1969; 13. Détente and defeat: Nixon Ford and Vietnam 1969-1977; 14. For want of a vision: the Carter years 1977-1981; 15. Winning the hot peace: Reagan's great power competition 1981-1990; Part III. The Post Cold War World: 16. The Gulf War or First Iraq War 1990-1991; 17. The new world disorder: Bush and Clinton 1991-2001; 18. Wilsonian revolutionaries: Bush and war 2001-2009; Part IV. Retreat and Defeat: 19. Retrenchment engagement and war: the Obama years 2009-2017; 20. Retrenchment engagement and weakness: Trump and Biden 2017-2022; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index.
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