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Description: Rethinking American Grand Strategy by Elizabeth Borgwardt, Christopher McKnight Nichols, Andrew Preston A comprehensive rethinking about the nature of American grand strategy in the past, present, and future. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy.What is grand strategy? What does it aim to achieve? And what differentiates it from normal strategic thought--what, in other words, makes it "grand"? In answering these questions, most scholars have focused on diplomacy and warfare, so much so that "grand strategy" has become almost an equivalent of "military history." Thetraditional attention paid to military affairs is understandable, but in todays world it leaves out much else that could be considered political, and therefore strategic. It is in fact possible to consider, and even reach, amore capacious understanding of grand strategy, one that still includes the battlefield and the negotiating table while expanding beyond them. Just as contemporary world politics is driven by a wide range of non-military issues, the most thorough considerations of grand strategy must consider the bases of peace and security--including gender, race, the environment, and a wide range of cultural, social, political, and economic issues.Rethinking American GrandStrategy assembles a roster of leading historians to examine Americas place in the world. Its innovative chapters re-examine familiar figures, such as John Quincy Adams, George Kennan, and Henry Kissinger, whilealso revealing the forgotten episodes and hidden voices of American grand strategy. They expand the scope of diplomatic and military history by placing the grand strategies of public health, race, gender, humanitarianism, and the law alongside military and diplomatic affairs to reveal hidden strategists as well as strategies. Author Biography Elizabeth Borgwardt, Associate Professor of History and Law, Washington University in St. Louis, Christopher McKnight Nichols, Director of the Center for the Humanities and Associate Professor of History, Oregon State University, Andrew Preston, Professor of American History, University of Cambridge.Elizabeth Borgwardt is an associate professor of history and law at Washington University in St. Louis and the author of A New Deal for the World: Americas Vision for Human Rights.Christopher McKnight Nichols is Director of the Center for the Humanities and Associate Professor of History at Oregon State University and the author of Promise and Peril: America at the Dawn of a Global Age.Andrew Preston is Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge and the author of Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy and American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2019), among other books. Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsContributorsIntroduction- Christopher McKnight Nichols and Andrew PrestonI. Frameworks1. Getting Grand Strategy Right: Clearing Away Common Fallacies in the Grand Strategy Debate- Hal Brands2. The Blob and the Mob: On Grand Strategy and Social Change- Beverly Gage3. Turning the Tide: The Application of Grand Strategy to Global Health- Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. TaylorII. Historical Grand Narratives4. Extending the Sphere: A Federalist Grand Strategy- Charles Edel5. Grand Strategy of the Master Class: Slavery and Foreign Policy from the Antebellum Era to the Civil War-Matthew Karp6. A Useful Category of Analysis? Grand Strategy and US Foreign Relations from the Civil War through World War I- Katherine C. Epstein7. Grand Strategies (or Ascendant Ideas) since 1919- David MilneIII. Recasting Central Figures8. Woodrow Wilson, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Beyond: American Internationalists and the Crucible of World War I-I- Christopher McKnight Nichols9. Franklin Roosevelt, the New Deal, and Grand Strategy: Constructing the Postwar Order- Elizabeth Borgwardt10. Foreign Policy Begins at Home: Americans, Grand Strategy, and World War II- Michaela Hoenicke Moore11. National Security as Grand Strategy: Edward Mead Earle and the Burdens of World Power- Andrew Preston12. The Misanthropy Diaries: Containment, Democracy, and the Prejudices of George Frost Kennan- David Greenberg13. Implementing Grand Strategy: The Nixon-Kissinger Revolution at the National Security Council- William Inboden14. George H.W. Bush: Strategy and the Stream of History- Jeffrey A. EngelIV. New Approaches15. Foreign Missions and Strategy, Foreign Missions as Strategy- Emily Conroy-Krutz16. The Unbearable Whiteness of Grand Strategy- Adriane Lentz-Smith17. Rival Visions of Nationhood: Immigration Policy, Grand Strategy, and Contentious Politics- Daniel J. Tichenor18. Disastrous Grand Strategy: US Humanitarian Assistance and Global Natural Catastrophe- Julia F. Irwin19. Denizens of a Center: Rethinking Early Cold War Grand Strategy- Ryan Irwin20. Reproductive Politics and Grand Strategy- Laura BriggsV. Reflections from the American Century21. Casualties and the Concept of Grandness: A View from the Korean War- Mary L. Dudziak22. American Grand Strategy: How Grand Has It Been? How Much Does It Matter?- Fredrik LogevallIndex Review "Grand strategy is a term that is as difficult to define as it is widely used by scholars and practitioners. This volumes editors and contributors believe that the concept needs to be reconceived....It should be broadened beyond its roots in military affairs and conventionally defined security to include a variety of additional issues, such as immigration, public health, demographics, international assistance, and climate change. It also needs to reachbeyond its traditional focus on the state as the only important player to include other influential voices and actors....This volume...is a valuable contribution to the task of broadly rethinking the goalsand tactics of U.S. foreign policy. The analyses it presents are solidly rooted in history and provide thought-provoking insights into issues and actors that grand strategists rarely consider" -- Jessica T. Mathews, Foreign Affairs"This is, overall, a fantastic book. Its incredibly thought provoking and well researched. I appreciated that it challenged the current ways of thinking of Grand Strategy, and questioned the approaches taken by leaders throughout American history...This book would be a great read for a student of American History, Government, or Political Science, and I believe it offers a unique perspective to anyone looking to understand the use of Grand Strategy over thepast two centuries." -- Kyra Young, Corvallis Advocate"I have never seen the words grand strategy and global health in the same sentence, much less an exploration of race and grand strategy. Rethinking Grand Strategy is not what you likely expect, and is far better for it. It is a genuine step toward changing what we think about when we think about grand strategy and who does the thinking." -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor Emerita, Princeton University"This is a terrific collection on the highs and lows of US grand strategy and the debate over its significance. Giving ample room for dissenting voices, the volume reaffirms the necessity of strategic thinking for producing favorable outcomes on issues ranging from national security to reproductive politics." -- O.A. Westad, Yale University Promotional A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy. Long Description A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy.What is grand strategy? What does it aim to achieve? And what differentiates it from normal strategic thought--what, in other words, makes it "grand"? In answering these questions, most scholars have focused on diplomacy and warfare, so much so that "grand strategy" has become almost an equivalent of "military history." Thetraditional attention paid to military affairs is understandable, but in todays world it leaves out much else that could be considered political, and therefore strategic. It is in fact possible to consider, and even reach, amore capacious understanding of grand strategy, one that still includes the battlefield and the negotiating table while expanding beyond them. Just as contemporary world politics is driven by a wide range of non-military issues, the most thorough considerations of grand strategy must consider the bases of peace and security--including gender, race, the environment, and a wide range of cultural, social, political, and economic issues.Rethinking American GrandStrategy assembles a roster of leading historians to examine Americas place in the world. Its innovative chapters re-examine familiar figures, such as John Quincy Adams, George Kennan, and Henry Kissinger, whilealso revealing the forgotten episodes and hidden voices of American grand strategy. They expand the scope of diplomatic and military history by placing the grand strategies of public health, race, gender, humanitarianism, and the law alongside military and diplomatic affairs to reveal hidden strategists as well as strategies. Review Text "I have never seen the words grand strategy and global health in the same sentence, much less an exploration of race and grand strategy. Rethinking Grand Strategy is not what you likely expect, and is far better for it. It is a genuine step toward changing what we think about when we think about grand strategy and who does the thinking." -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor Emerita, Princeton University"This is a terrific collection on the highs and lows of US grand strategy and the debate over its significance. Giving ample room for dissenting voices, the volume reaffirms the necessity of strategic thinking for producing favorable outcomes on issues ranging from national security to reproductive politics." -- O.A. Westad, Yale University Review Quote "I have never seen the words grand strategy and global health in the same sentence, much less an exploration of race and grand strategy. Rethinking Grand Strategy is not what you likely expect, and is far better for it. It is a genuine step toward changing what we think about when we think about grand strategy and who does the thinking." -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor Emerita, Princeton University "This is a terrific collection on the highs and lows of US grand strategy and the debate over its significance. Giving ample room for dissenting voices, the volume reaffirms the necessity of strategic thinking for producing favorable outcomes on issues ranging from national security to reproductive politics." -- O.A. Westad, Yale University Feature Selling point: Broadens the range of topics treated historically as part of grand strategy, as well as the range of experts offering the analysisSelling point: Offers depth around questions such as why history matters in specific sets of contextsSelling point: Brings together a group of preeminent scholars, many of the best and most well-regarded thinkers in the field today, to construct a historically rich account of how Grand Strategy has developed and operated in American history New Feature Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction- Christopher McKnight Nichols and Andrew Preston I. Frameworks 1. Getting Grand Strategy Right: Clearing Away Common Fallacies in the Grand Strategy Debate- Hal Brands 2. The Blob and the Mob: On Grand Strategy and Social Change- Beverly Gage 3. Turning the Tide: The Application of Grand Strategy to Global Health- Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. Taylor II. Historical Grand Narratives 4. Extending the Sphere: A Federalist Grand Strategy- Charles Edel 5. Grand Strategy of the Master Class: Slavery and Foreign Policy from the Antebellum Era to the Civil War-Matthew Karp 6. A Useful Category of Analysis? Grand Strategy and US Foreign Relations from the Civil War through World War I- Katherine C. Epstein 7. Grand Strategies (or Ascendant Ideas) since 1919- David Milne III. Recasting Central Figures 8. Woodrow Wilson, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Beyond: American Internationalists and the Crucible of World War I-I- Christopher McKnight Nichols 9. Franklin Roosevelt, the New Deal, and Grand Strategy: Constructing the Postwar Order- Elizabeth Borgwardt 10. Foreign Policy Begins at Home: Americans, Grand Strategy, and World War II- Michaela Hoenicke Moore 11. National Security as Grand Strategy: Edward Mead Earle and the Burdens of World Power- Andrew Preston 12. The Misanthropy Diaries: Containment, Democracy, and the Prejudices of George Frost Kennan- David Greenberg 13. Implementing Grand Strategy: The Nixon-Kissinger Revolution at the National Security Council- William Inboden 14. George H.W. Bush: Strategy and the Stream of History- Jeffrey A. Engel IV. New Approaches 15. Foreign Missions and Strategy, Foreign Missions as Strategy- Emily Conroy-Krutz 16. The Unbearable Whiteness of Grand Strategy- Adriane Lentz-Smith 17. Rival Visions of Nationhood: Immigration Policy, Grand Strategy, and Contentious Politics- Daniel J. Tichenor 18. Disastrous Grand Strategy: US Humanitarian Assistance and Global Natural Catastrophe- Julia F. Irwin 19. Denizens of a Center: Rethinking Early Cold War Grand Strategy- Ryan Irwin 20. Reproductive Politics and Grand Strategy- Laura Briggs V. Reflections from the American Century 21. Casualties and the Concept of Grandness: A View from the Korean War- Mary L. Dudziak 22. American Grand Strategy: How Grand Has It Been? How Much Does It Matter?- Fredrik Logevall Index Details ISBN0190695676 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0190695676 ISBN-13 9780190695675 Format Paperback Author Andrew Preston Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2021-10-08 US Release Date 2021-10-08 UK Release Date 2021-10-08 Illustrator Tim Archbold Affiliation Barrister, No5 Chambers Position Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Addiction Programs Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Publication Date 2021-10-08 Alternative 9780190695668 Edited by Andrew Preston DEWEY 327.73 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-08-25 Pages 512 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133560624;

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