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Grand Strategy for America

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Description for Grand Strategy for America Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 344 pages, 26. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.

The United States today is the most powerful nation in the world, perhaps even stronger than Rome was during its heyday. It is likely to remain the world's preeminent power for at least several decades to come. What behavior is appropriate for such a powerful state?

To answer this question, Robert J. Art concentrates on "grand strategy"—the deployment of military power in both peace and war to support foreign policy goals. He first defines America's contemporary national interests and the specific threats they face, then identifies seven grand strategies that the United States might contemplate, examining each in relation to ... Read more

* dominion—forcibly trying to remake the world in America's own image;
* global collective security—attempting to keep the peace everywhere;
* regional collective security—confining peacekeeping efforts to Europe;
* cooperative security—seeking to reduce the occurrence of war by limiting other states' offensive capabilities;
* isolationism—withdrawing from all military involvement beyond U.S. borders;
* containment—holding the line against aggressor states; and
* selective engagement—choosing to prevent or to become involved only in those conflicts that pose a threat to the country's long-term interests.

Art makes a strong case for selective engagement as the most desirable strategy for contemporary America. It is the one that seeks to forestall dangers, not simply react to them; that is politically viable, at home and abroad; and that protects all U.S. interests, both essential and desirable. Art concludes that "selective engagement is not a strategy for all times, but it is the best grand strategy for these times."

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801489570
SKU
V9780801489570
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About Robert J. Art
Robert J. Art is Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations at Brandeis University. He is the author of The TFX Decision: McNamara and the Military and coeditor of The United States and Coercive Diplomacy (with Patrick Cronin) and U.S. Foreign Policy: the Search for a New Role (with Seyom Brown).

Reviews for Grand Strategy for America
A brilliant distillation and synthesis of some of the best contemporary scholarship on American grand strategy, Art's new book offers a clear exposition of U.S. national interests and how to defend them.
Foreign Affairs
"Art believes the U.S. should maintain its military deployments in Europe, East Asia, and the Persian Gulf, and wage war when vital or highly ... Read more

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