Bastiaan Van Apeldoorn, Naná de Graaff

American Grand Strategy and Corporate Elite Networks (eBook, ePUB)

The Open Door since the End of the Cold War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a novel analysis of how US grand strategy has evolved from the end of the Cold War to the present, offering an integrated analysis of both continuity and change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135011208
• Artikelnr.: 44011383

Autorenporträt

Bastiaan van Apeldoorn is Associate Professor of International Relations at the VU University Amsterdam.

Naná de Graaff is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Department of Political Science, at VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Social Sources of American Grand Strategy The Puzzle of
Continuity and Change in U.S. Grand Strategy. The Contribution from Elite
Studies and Class Analysis. A Critical Political Economy Approach to Grand
Strategy Analysis 2. Three Waves of Non-territorial Expansionism: American
Grand Strategy from the Civil War to the Cold War Capitalist Expansionism
and Expansionist Foreign Policy. From Territorial Expansionism to the First
Wave of Open Door Imperialism. The Second Wave: The Great Depression and
the Pax Americana. The Third Wave: The 1970s Crisis and U.S.-Centered
Neoliberal Globalization. The Ends and Means of Open Door Imperialism 3.
America's Post- Cold War Grand-Strategy Makers and Corporate Elite Networks
The Role of Corporate Elite Networks in Grand Strategy Formations.
Analyzing Social Networks of Grand-strategy Makers: Data and Method.
Governmental Career Paths of post-Cold War Grand-strategy Makers. Corporate
Affiliations of the Clinton, Bush and Obama Administrations. The Shared
Policy-Planning Network. Conclusion 4. American Grand Strategy after the
Cold War: Clinton's Grand Strategy Makers and Neoliberal Globalization
Clinton's Grand-strategy Makers. The Global Context: The End of the Cold
War as an Opportunity for Expansionism. The Open Door Worldview under
Clinton : Expansionism under the Banner of Globalization. A Grand Strategy
of Neoliberal Globalization: Financial Markets, Free Trade and Airstrikes.
Conclusion 5. American Grand Strategy after September 11: Bush's
Grand-Strategy Makers and the Neoconservative Shift Bush's Grand-Strategy
Makers. The Neoconservative Response to a "Squandered Decade": Context and
Discourse. The Open Door Worldview under Bush: The Neoconservative Shift. A
Neoconservative Grand Strategy: The War on Terror, Regime Change and
Unyielding Neoliberalism. Conclusion 6. American Grand Strategy after the
Global Financial Crisis: Obama's Grand Strategy-Makers and Imperial
Restoration Obama's Grand-Strategy Makers. The Global Context: Eroding
Legitimacy, Power Shifts and the Financial Crisis. The Open Door Worldview
under Obama: Renewing American Leadership. A Grand Strategy of Imperial
Restoration: Maintaining the Open Door from the Asia Pivot to the Drone
Wars. Conclusion Conclusion