Purpose and power : US grand strategy from the revolutionary era to the present /

"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"--

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Main Author: Stoker, Donald J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
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Table of 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.