Purpose and power : US grand strategy from the revolutionary era to the present / Donald Stoker, National Defense University, Washington, DC.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoker, Donald J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--United States--History.

National security.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 859 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"A work examining the purposes for which American power has been used in peace and in war. It explores each administration and every U.S. war by focusing on the uses of diplomatic, informational, military, and economic power at home and abroad"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Thinking about grand strategy in Peace and war The fight for sovereignty, 1775-1801 Expansion, sovereignty, and war, 1801-1817 Seeking a continent : expansion, Indian removal, and the Mexican War, 1817-1849 Schism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1849-1877 Conquering a continent : the Indian wars, 1865-1897 American empire, 1897-1913 Stepping on the global stage, 1913-1921 The interwar interlude, 1921-1939 Moving astride the world : the Second World War, 1939-1945 The hot peace and the Korean War, 1945-1953 The hot peace : the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Years, 1953-1969 The Vietnam War, 1961-1969 Détente and defeat : Nixon, Ford, and Vietnam, 1969-1977 For want of a vision : the Carter Years, 1977-1981 Winning the hot peace : Reagan's great power competition, 1981-1990 The Gulf War, or first Iraq War, 1990-1991 The new world disorder : Bush and Clinton, 1991-2001 Wilsonian revolutionaries : Bush and War, 2001-2009 Retrenchment, engagement, and war : the Obama Years, 2009-2017 Retrenchment, engagement, and weakness : Trump and Biden, 2017-2022

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jan 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Stoker, Donald Purpose and Power

ISBN:

9781009257220

1009257226

9781009257268

1009257269

9781009257244

1009257242