Rebecca Lissner

Wars of Revelation

The Transformative Effects of Military Intervention on Grand Strategy

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Produktbeschreibung

As American foreign policy experts anticipate a new Cold War with China, there is no better time to reflect on the evolution of the United States' grand strategy during its decades-long contest with Russia. Lissner shows that military interventions in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq were crucibles for American foreign policy in the latter half of the 20th century, testing strategic axioms on the battlefield and compelling adjustments to Washington's conception of its global role. In each case, these wars of revelation provided searing insights into the capabilities and intentions of America's most dangerous international adversaries - as well as the potential and limits of its own national power. By centering her narrative of post-World War II American foreign relations on these pivotal episodes, Lissner provides an historically rich and theoretically compelling narrative that will interest readers keen to understand the past, present, and future of US grand strategy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 373g
• ISBN-13: 9780197583197
• ISBN-10: 0197583199
• Artikelnr.: 61461300

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Lissner is an Assistant Professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department at the US Naval War College and a Non-Resident Scholar at Georgetown University's Center for Security Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* 1. The Transformative Effects of Military Intervention on Grand
Strategy
* 2. "An Entirely New War": The Korean War and the Realization of
Containment
* 3. "A Transformation in the Nature of Power": Finding the Limits of
Containment in Vietnam
* 4. "Beyond Containment": The Persian Gulf War and US Grand Strategy
at the Dawn of the New World Order