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Restraint : a new foundation for U.S. grand strategy /
"The United States, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power, it has pursued a grand strategy that he calls 'liberal hegemony, ' one that Posen sees as unnecessary, counterproducti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca ; London :
Cornell University Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Cornell studies in security affairs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: the evolution of post-Cold War US grand strategy
- What is grand strategy?
- The path to liberal hegemony
- The geo-strategic position of the United States
- Causes and consequences
- The perils of liberal hegemony
- Direct costs
- The balance of power
- The allies
- Identity politics and intervention
- Military power and intervention
- Overstated benefits
- Persistent problems
- The case for restraint
- The geo-political interests of the United States
- Nuclear weapons: dilemmas, dangers, opportunities
- The struggle with Al Qaeda and the enduring risk of international terrorism
- Implementing restraint in key regions
- The problems of transition to restraint
- Integrated reforms
- The military strategy of restraint
- Command of the commons
- The insights of maritime strategy
- Force structure
- Global force posture
- Affordable and effective
- Conclusion: a sustained debate
- Critiques of restraint
- Notes
- Index.