American power & liberal order : a conservative internationalist grand strategy / Paul D. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Paul D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

United States.

International relations.

Security, International.

National security--United States.

National security.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

xvi, 323 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

American power and liberal order

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Contrary to widespread belief, the United States has been following a broadly consistent grand strategy across presidential administrations for more than a century by using American power to create and expand the liberal international system. This liberal order is the outer perimeter of American security. Today, after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some are calling for a policy of restraint or pulling back because they believe America is relatively safe and its resources are overstretched. Paul D. Miller argues that they are wrong. American security and the liberal international order need US leadership and are in jeopardy from nuclear-armed autocracies, violent non-state actors, and the failed states who harbor them. In response, the United States should not pull back but should continue to promote five pillars of American grand strategy: maintaining a favorable balance of power among the great powers, defending the U.S. homeland from attack, promoting democracy, investing in good governance abroad, and punishing rogue actors that threaten allies or the stability of the international system. Miller does however call for reprioritizing where around the globe the United States should focus its energies in the future, and he proposes common sense reforms to the US national security state so as to better manage foreign policy."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I: A framework for thinking about US grand strategy

1. In search of a twenty-first century grand strategy

2. Power and liberty in US diplomatic history

3. The new world disorder

Part II: Strategic courses of action

4. The balance of power and the democratic peace

5. Barbarians, failed states, and stability operations

Part III.: Regional application

6. The frontline : Europe and East Asia

7. The opportunity : South Asia

8. The quagmire : the Middle East

9. The periphery : Latin America and Africa

Part IV: The national security tool kit

10. Homeland defense

11. Diplomacy and development

12. Military, intelligence, and national security decision-making

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-311) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Miller, Paul D., author. American power and liberal order

ISBN:

9781626163423

1626163421

OCLC:

950611342