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Politics and Strategy: Partisan Ambition and American Statecraft
Peter Trubowitz
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Description for Politics and Strategy: Partisan Ambition and American Statecraft
Paperback. Drawing on the American political experience, this title reveals how variations in domestic party politics and international power have led presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama to pursue strategies that differ widely in international ambition and cost. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPHL; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Why do some national leaders pursue ambitious grand strategies and adventuresome foreign policies while others do not? When do leaders boldly confront foreign threats and when are they less assertive? Politics and Strategy shows that grand strategies are Janus-faced: their formulation has as much to do with a leader's ability to govern at home as it does with maintaining the nation's security abroad. Drawing on the American political experience, Peter Trubowitz reveals how variations in domestic party politics and international power have led presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama to pursue strategies that differ widely in international ambition and ... Read more
Why do some national leaders pursue ambitious grand strategies and adventuresome foreign policies while others do not? When do leaders boldly confront foreign threats and when are they less assertive? Politics and Strategy shows that grand strategies are Janus-faced: their formulation has as much to do with a leader's ability to govern at home as it does with maintaining the nation's security abroad. Drawing on the American political experience, Peter Trubowitz reveals how variations in domestic party politics and international power have led presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama to pursue strategies that differ widely in international ambition and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691149585
SKU
V9780691149585
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About Peter Trubowitz
Peter Trubowitz is professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of "Defining the National Interest".
Reviews for Politics and Strategy: Partisan Ambition and American Statecraft
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011: Top 25 Books "Trubowitz has written an impressive book with a modest thesis. He makes the case that both the distribution of power around the world and domestic politics influence strategic decisions in U.S. foreign policy... Trubowitz captures the complexity of these decisions with theoretical sophistication, an unusual breadth of historical examples, ... Read more